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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | StrategyMetricsExecution | GrowthMetricsExperiments | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |