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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 15-45 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | StrategyCompetitionMarket | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |