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| Criterion |  Decision Making Wideband Delphi |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes. | 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. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | 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 | High | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h or multiple rounds | 1-3 h | Half day | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Experten | 2-10 | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus Notes | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Value Chain Map, Lever List | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationExpertsForecasting | StrategyMarketAnalysis | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |