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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | 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. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | 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 | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-12 | 3-6 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | StrategyMarketAnalysis |