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| Criterion |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Product Strategy DIBB |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 1-2 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | StrategyMarketAnalysis | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |