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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation |