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| Criterion |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  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. | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyMarketAnalysis | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |