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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 90-180 min | 45-90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-6 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |