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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
Purposedifferent
The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention.
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Timedifferent
45-90 min45-120 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-81-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted DownsidesABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List
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GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
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Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
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Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
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