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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy Lean Canvas | ![]() Business Strategy SWOT Analysis | ![]() Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |
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