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Selected:VRIO FrameworkARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)GAP AnalysisBusiness Model Canvas
| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy VRIO Framework | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Business Strategy GAP Analysis | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StrategyAnalysisPlanning | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation |



