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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 60-120 min | 1-3 h | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | StrategyMarketAnalysis | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange |