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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Purposedifferent
The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-20 Reviewer2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
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GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping