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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 45-90 min | 30-240 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-8 | 1-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis |