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Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Purposedifferent
When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team.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 Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-4 Wochen45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-86-30 Experten2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
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Product Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation QuestionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping