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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Business Strategy GAP Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | Mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | StrategyAnalysisPlanning |