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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Three Horizons | ![]() Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix | ![]() Architecture Software Architecture 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. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop |
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