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Criterion
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Purposedifferent
The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighHighLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-4 WochenHalf day45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-86-30 Experten3-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesStress Test Report, Action Plan per ScenarioAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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