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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60–90 min | 45-120 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions |