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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Three Horizons |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ | 45-90 min | 2-4 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses |
Tags1 shared | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation |