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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of System Dynamics Simulation with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Dynamics Simulation
Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
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.System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports.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
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
45-90 minMehrere Tage bis Wochen30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron3-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesSimulation Model, Scenario ReportsSWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list
Tagsno overlap
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis
StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning
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Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Stock and Flow Diagram method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Stock and Flow Diagram
A paper-based illustration representing Wardley Mapping with its core stages and visible working result.
Systems Thinking
Wardley Mapping
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph