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Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
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.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.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 Wochen15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-86-30 Experten2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators
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StrategyCompetitionMarket
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop