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Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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 initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h20–45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-10Small cross-functional group2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMarketAnalysis
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
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Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
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