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| Criterion |  Agile NoEstimates |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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. | 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 | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | laufend | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationForecastingFlow | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyMarketAnalysis |