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Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
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.LASR helps development teams identify where their software falls short of important quality goals and which improvements to consider. A small group with existing system knowledge can make an initial assessment and investigate open questions in more detail.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.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.
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Timedifferent
Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional45-90 minHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-121 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people2-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource planLean Mission Statement describing the software’s purpose, Prioritized quality goals and evaluation criteria, Risks and estimated gaps against quality goals, More closely examined findings and open checksAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesStress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario
Tagsno overlap
StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis
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