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Criterion
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 of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
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.The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 Wochen30-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-86-30 Experten1-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
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StrategyCompetitionMarket
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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