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| Criterion |  Business Strategy TOWS Matrix |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The TOWS Matrix connects internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats into action-oriented strategies. It goes a step further than a pure stocktaking. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | 60-120 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | TOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority Actions | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisOptions | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | StrategyMarketAnalysis |