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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Agile Example Mapping |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 3-7 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | StrategyMarketAnalysis |