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| Criterion |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Decision Making OODA Loop |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis 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. | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia. | SAAM helps teams judge an architecture’s suitability for selected tasks and changes. It is particularly useful for examining modifiability and comparing architecture alternatives with clear reasoning. | 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 | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 15-60 min je Zyklus | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 1-8 | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates | Domain functions mapped to components and connections, Quality attributes and evaluation criteria, Typical tasks and their effects on the architecture, Reasoned evaluation or comparison of alternatives | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMarketAnalysis | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |