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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 1-3 h | 60-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | StrategyMarketAnalysis | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |