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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Business Strategy GAP Analysis |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Engineering Fault Isolation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Half day | 1-3 h | 30-240 min | 30-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | StrategyAnalysisPlanning | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering |