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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy SWOT Analysis | ![]() Growth Flywheel | ![]() Product Discovery Smoke Test | ![]() Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 60-120 min | 1-5 Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | GrowthRetentionConversion | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |



