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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tags1 shared | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | ChangeDecisionStrategy | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyMarketAnalysis |