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| Criterion |  Agile Scrum |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | 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 | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 90-180 min | Half day | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 3-6 | 3-8 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Value Chain Map, Lever List | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | AgileIterationCadence | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | StrategyMarketAnalysis |