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Selected:Value Chain AnalysisARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Design SprintBlue Ocean Strategy Canvas
| Criterion |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy 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. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Half day | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 4-5 Tage | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 5-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |