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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | 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 goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-10 | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | StrategyMarketAnalysis | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |