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Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 hHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-84-121-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
A paper-based illustration representing Pirate Metrics (AARRR) with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test