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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy SWOT Analysis | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model 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 Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. | 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 | 1-2 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |
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