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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas | ![]() Product Strategy Impact Mapping | ![]() Innovation Design Thinking |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-8 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | InnovationPrototypeResearch |
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