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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | 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 two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | GrowthMetricsExperiments | StrategyMetricsExecution | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |