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| Criterion | ![]() Systems Thinking Wardley Mapping | ![]() Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Wardley Mapping makes visible where an offering stands today and where it can evolve. The method connects user need, value chain, and evolution stages into a strategic basis for platform, build, or buy decisions. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Wardley Map, Strategic Options, Evolution Notes | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides |
Tagsno overlap | StrategySystems thinkingDynamics | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions |
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