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Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.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.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighLow
Timedifferent
Half day1-4 Wochen30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-86-30 Experten2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Value Chain Map, Lever ListExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
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StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
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Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration for TOWS Matrix.
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TOWS Matrix
Paper illustration of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
VRIO Framework