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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. | Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | High | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Half day | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | StrategyMetricsExecution | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability |