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Criterion
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Purposedifferent
Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.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.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.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
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Timedifferent
60-120 min45-90 min1-4 Wochen45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-86-30 Experten2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
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GrowthRetentionConversion
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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