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| Criterion |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-5 Tage | Half day | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | Nutzertraffic | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |