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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | 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 | 60-180 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 | 4-20 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | StrategyMarketAnalysis |