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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | Half day | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Value Chain Map, Lever List | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |