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| Criterion |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Decision Making Delphi Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 90-180 min | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 6-30 Experten |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMarketAnalysis | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy |