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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Decision Making Option Framing |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs |
Tags1 shared | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | StrategyMarketAnalysis | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison |
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