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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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 | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyMarketAnalysis |