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| Criterion |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | 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 | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Half day | 45-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-12 | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tags1 shared | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | ChangeDecisionStrategy | StrategyMarketAnalysis |