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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Operations Time Blocking |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  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. | With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 15-30 min Planung, laufend | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | PlanningTime managementFocus | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |