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Selected:Blue Ocean Strategy CanvasARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)SWOT AnalysisDesign Sprint
| Criterion |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Innovation Design Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. | 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. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-60 min | 4-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-12 | 5-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation |