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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day | 45-90 min | 20-35 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |