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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Decision Making OODA Loop |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Growth Growth Experiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia. | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | When growth ideas surface quickly, the temptation to build immediately instead of learning is high. A Growth Experiment frames an assumption so target group, lever, and measurement are clear before the first deployment. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 15-60 min je Zyklus | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-2 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-8 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Experiment card, Result summary, Next bet |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | GrowthMetricsExperiments | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning |