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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
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.
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Timedifferent
1-3 hHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-84-12Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
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StrategyCompetitionMarket
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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
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test