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| Criterion |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Business Strategy TOWS Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | 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. | The TOWS Matrix connects internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats into action-oriented strategies. It goes a step further than a pure stocktaking. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-4 Wochen | 45-120 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 6-30 Experten | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | TOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority Actions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMarketAnalysis | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | StrategyAnalysisOptions |