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Criterion
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP 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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.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.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h Setup, laufend30-60 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-1013-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineSWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action listGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMarketAnalysis
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
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