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| Criterion |  Agile Ideal Days |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Facilitation Dot Estimation |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats. | 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 size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets. | 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 | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min | 30-60 min | 5-20 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-9 | 3-12 | 3-20 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortAgile | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | EstimationEffortRisk | StrategyMarketAnalysis |