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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy Value Proposition Canvas | ![]() Innovation TRIZ | ![]() Innovation SCAMPER | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows. | The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 1-4 h | 30-60 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Value Proposition Canvas, Fit Gaps, Hypotheses | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | SCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | ValueNeedsStrategy | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation |



