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| Criterion |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 2-4 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-10 | 3-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |
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