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Criterion
Paper illustration for TOWS Matrix.
Business Strategy
TOWS Matrix
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Purposedifferent
The TOWS Matrix connects internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats into action-oriented strategies. It goes a step further than a pure stocktaking.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.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
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Timedifferent
1-2 h1-4 Wochen25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
3-106-30 Experten1-5
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
TOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority ActionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesLearning Card with evidence and next action
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop