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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Three Horizons |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Systems Thinking VUCA Scan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ | 1-3 h | Half day | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1-8 | 3-8 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Value Chain Map, Lever List | VUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight | SensemakingDecisionRationale | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight |