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| Criterion |  Agile Scrum |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 2-8 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options |
Tagsno overlap | AgileIterationCadence | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyCompetitionMarket |