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Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
Purposedifferent
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.A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-101-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsBehavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events
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StrategyMarketAnalysis
Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics
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Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Paper illustration of System Archetypes with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Archetypes
Paper illustration of System Dynamics Simulation with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Dynamics Simulation
A paper-based illustration representing Wardley Mapping with its core stages and visible working result.
Systems Thinking
Wardley Mapping