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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Decision Making Wideband Delphi |  Agile Ideal Days |  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. | A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes. | When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats. | 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 | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-4 h or multiple rounds | 15-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 Experten | 2-9 | 2-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus Notes | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | EstimationExpertsForecasting | EstimationEffortAgile | StrategyMarketAnalysis |