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| Criterion |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |
|---|---|---|
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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking |
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