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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Operations ABC Analysis |  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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 20–45 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |