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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy VRIO Framework | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test | ![]() Product Strategy GIST Planning | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | Half day | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 3-8 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |



