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Criterion
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
VRIO Framework
Purposedifferent
A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
Half day1-4 Wochen45-90 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
3-86-30 Experten2-83-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Stress Test Report, Action Plan per ScenarioExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanVRIO Table, Strategic Actions
Tagsno overlap
StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability
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