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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy SWOT Analysis | ![]() Delivery Cost of Delay | ![]() Decision Making Delphi Method | ![]() Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 90-180 min | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | 6-30 Experten | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |



