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| Criterion |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Agile Example Mapping |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 20-40 min pro Story |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-7 | 2-10 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | StrategyMarketAnalysis | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development |