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| Criterion |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Business Strategy SWOT 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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Half day | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 3-12 | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tags1 shared | StrategyMarketAnalysis | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |