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| Criterion |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Innovation TRIZ |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  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. | For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | 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 | 1-4 h | 45-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | StrategyMarketAnalysis |