Ansoff Matrix

The Ansoff Matrix allows to consider ways to grow the business via current or new products, in current or new markets – there are 4 possible product/ market combinations. It helps decide what action course should be taken given current performance. It consists of 4 strategies: Market penetration; Product development; Market development; Diversification.
The template "Ansoff product-market growth matrix" for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the Matrices solution from the Marketing area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Diversification is a corporate strategy to increase sales volume from new products and new markets. Diversification can be expanding into a new segment of an industry that the business is already in, or investing in a promising business outside of the scope of the existing business.
Diversification is part of the four main growth strategies defined by Igor Ansoff's Product/ Market matrix.
Ansoff pointed out that a diversification strategy stands apart from the other three strategies. The first three strategies are usually pursued with the same technical, financial, and merchandising resources used for the original product line, whereas diversification usually requires a company to acquire new skills, new techniques and new facilities. [Diversification (marketing strategy). Wikipedia]
This Ansoff's Product/ Market matrix example was created using ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Matrices solution from Marketing area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.