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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Half day | Half day | 60-120 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Value Chain Map, Lever List |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis |