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Criterion
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-120 min30-60 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-103-82-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMarketAnalysis
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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