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| Criterion |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 4-12 | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyMarketAnalysis |