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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | 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 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 | 1-8 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | SensemakingDecisionRationale | StrategyMarketAnalysis |