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Criterion
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ1-5 Tage25-40 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-12Nutzertraffic1-52-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource planInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteLearning Card with evidence and next actionAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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