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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | 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. | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | 1-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | StrategyMarketAnalysis | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics |
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