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Paper illustration of the Value Proposition Canvas: Value Map with products and services, pain relievers and gain creators on the left; Customer Profile with jobs, pains and gains on the right.
Product Strategy
Value Proposition Canvas
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Purposedifferent
When the value proposition and customer expectation drift apart, it makes fit and mismatch legible. It shows where offering and need don't yet come together.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
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Timedifferent
1-2 h1-4 h45-90 min
Participantssame
2-82-82-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Value Proposition Canvas, Fit Gaps, HypothesesContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
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ValueNeedsStrategy
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
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
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons