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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | ChangeDecisionStrategy | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |