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Criterion
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off 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.When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min2-4 h45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-102-83-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionStrategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC ActionsTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMarketAnalysis
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
StrategyPositioningInnovationValue
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
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