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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Business Strategy Three Horizons |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ | 90-180 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 3-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Value Chain Map, Lever List |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis |