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| Criterion |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | 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. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-10 | 3-12 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | StrategyMarketAnalysis | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |