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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Systems Thinking System Dynamics Simulation |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Systems Thinking Wardley Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Wardley Mapping makes visible where an offering stands today and where it can evolve. The method connects user need, value chain, and evolution stages into a strategic basis for platform, build, or buy decisions. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Simulation Model, Scenario Reports | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Wardley Map, Strategic Options, Evolution Notes |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategySystems thinkingDynamics |