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| Criterion |  Business Strategy VMGS |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. | 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 | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-12 | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, Strategies | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tags1 shared | VisionGoalsStrategy | StrategyMetricsExecution | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyMarketAnalysis |