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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Architecture C4 Model |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale. | The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 1-4 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-20 Reviewer | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |