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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1-3 h | 2-4 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | StrategyMarketAnalysis | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |