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Criterion
Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.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
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Timedifferent
1-3 h30-60 min45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-82-102-86-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
Tagsno overlap
StrategyCompetitionMarket
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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