Strategy frameworks & analysis · Working
Strategy canvas
Also called: value curve
ELI5
A chart showing where competitors invest and how an offer differs.
Used in conversation
“The strategy canvas exposes that every competitor is overserving the same feature.”
Definition
A chart comparing offerings across the factors on which an industry competes.
Here “Strategy canvas” means: A chart comparing offerings across the factors on which an industry competes.
Pitch context
You will see “Strategy canvas” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches strategy frameworks & analysis.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret strategy frameworks & analysis without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 5
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Strategyzer — Business Model Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- Strategyzer — Value Proposition Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- LEANSTACK — Lean CanvasSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division — Herfindahl-Hirschman IndexSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Census Bureau — Business and economy dataSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16