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| Criterion | ![]() Operations Visual Management | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model Canvas | ![]() Business Strategy VRIO Framework | ![]() Business Strategy Three Horizons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | 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. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-2 h | 90-180 min | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 2-8 | 3-6 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight |



