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| Criterion |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Innovation TRIZ |  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. | For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles. | 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 | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-4 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMarketAnalysis | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |
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