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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |  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. | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. | 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 | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 0.5-2 Tage | 2-4 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 3-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tags1 shared | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |