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Artifact: Competitive Analysis

This artifact captures findings about the organization's main competitors, their current and future strategies, and ways to influence the outcome of competitors' strategies.

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Stakeholder
Business Process Analysis
Information Architect
Business Strategist
Software Architect
Usability Evaluator
Perform Industry Standards
Perform Enterprise Analysis
Understand Technical Infrastructure
Establish Usability Benchmarks
Industry Analysis
Competitive Analysis
Situational Assessment
Usability Benchmarks

Purpose

The Competitive Analysis has three major purposes:

  • Forecast competitors' future offline and online strategies
  • Predict competitors' reactions to this organization's strategic initiatives
  • Determine how competitors' behavior can be influenced in order to make it more favorable

Audience

The Role: Business Strategist uses the Competitive Analysis to find business opportunities. Other roles, including the Role: Acquisition Marketing Strategist, use this information to better understand the competitive environment.