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Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 minWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
2-103-83-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMarketAnalysis
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics