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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Decision Making Delphi Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-20 Reviewer | 6-30 Experten |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy |