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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Delivery RAID Log |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Facilitation Alignment 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | 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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 1-3 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | RAID Log, Status Report Source | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | StrategyMarketAnalysis | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |