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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | StrategyMarketAnalysis | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |
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