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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Systems Thinking System Dynamics Simulation |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Systems Thinking Stock and Flow Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports. | 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 Stock and Flow Diagram shows how stocks, inflows, and outflows shape a system over time. It is especially suited when growth, delays, or capacity limits determine the dynamics. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | 1-3 h | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron | 2-10 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Simulation Model, Scenario Reports | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Stock and Flow Model, Dynamics Notes, Simulation Hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis | StrategyMarketAnalysis | DynamicsSimulationFeedbackSystems thinking |