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Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model 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.SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ30-60 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-123-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource planSWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action listBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses
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StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
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Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
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Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
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Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
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PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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