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| Criterion |  Growth Golden Circle |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In positioning and communication, what an offering actually stands for often becomes blurred. The Golden Circle sharpens a product's inner rationale and connects purpose, approach, and offering into a clear statement. | 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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 30-90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning Draft | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | MarketingPositioningCommunication | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |