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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Business Strategy Three Horizons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | 1-5 Tage | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan |
Tagsno overlap | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight |