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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Three Horizons |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy 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. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 6-30 Experten | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |