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| Criterion |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  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. | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | 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 | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-6 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMarketAnalysis | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |
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