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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Futures Wheel |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy Three Horizons |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event. | 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. | Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 30-60 min | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-12 | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic Signals | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ForesightSystems thinkingSignals | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight | StrategyMarketAnalysis |