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| Criterion |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage | 1-3 h | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 2-10 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | StrategyMarketAnalysis | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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