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Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration showing three sorted card stacks and an open question about a possible group.
UX Research
Card Sorting
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.When content only makes sense internally and users can't find the structure again, card sorting exposes their mental order. Terms, groups, and naming are then aligned with the target group's expectations.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-10Based on research question
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsContent groups, Label set, IA hypotheses
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StrategyMarketAnalysis
Information architectureNavigationStructure
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