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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | 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. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-8 | 3-12 | 4-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | SensemakingDecisionRationale | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | ComplexitySensemakingDecision |