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| Criterion |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 20-45 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 1-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMarketAnalysis | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |
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