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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Half day | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |