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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1-2 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 4-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StrategyMarketAnalysis |
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