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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | FacilitationOptionsDecision | DecisionTreeOptions |
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