Turns starting assumptions, opportunities, and strategic options into a tangible result by defining scope, filling the nine blocks, and developing alternatives.
Core question: How does the business model create, deliver, and capture value, and which assumptions should be checked first?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-2 h
2-8
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Product StrategyCategory: Product Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns target group, value, goals, and priorities into a tangible result by setting the goal, identifying actors, and choosing the smallest meaningful next steps.
Core question: Which actors must change behavior for the business goal to be reached, and which actions support that?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
45-90 min
3-8
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns the current situation, opportunities, and strategic options into a tangible result through defining scope, collecting strengths and weaknesses, and defining actions.
Core question: Which internal strengths and weaknesses meet which external opportunities and threats, and which action logic follows from that?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
30-60 min
3-12
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns relationships, patterns, and leverage points into a tangible result by defining user need, collecting value-chain components, and deriving strategic moves.
Core question: Which components of the value chain move toward commodity in the next 12-18 months, and which strategic moves follow?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
2-10
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by defining products and markets, collecting growth options, and choosing focus options.
Core question: Which mix of market penetration, market development, product development, and diversification fits the growth target and risk capacity?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
45-90 min
2-8
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns current state, opportunities, and strategic options into a tangible result by clarifying the strategic vision, defining perspectives, and establishing a review cadence.
Core question: Which 12-20 metrics and initiatives across four perspectives translate the strategy into manageable work without neglecting learning or customer-oriented levers?
FrameworkMethod form: Framework. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen
4-12
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by defining the competitive factors, drawing the current value curve, and testing a new value curve.
Core question: Which competitive factors can we reduce or eliminate, which can we raise or create, in order to build a distinct value curve?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-4 h
3-10
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Domain ModelingCategory: Domain Modeling. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns domain knowledge, language, and system boundaries into a tangible result by listing contexts, drawing relationships, and clarifying dependencies and conflicts.
Core question: Which Bounded Contexts exist, how are they integrated, where does friction and model drift occur, and which relationship patterns are appropriate?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
2-8
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Decision MakingCategory: Decision Making. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by defining the question and panel, querying in the first round, and deriving the outcome in the next round.
Core question: What range or which consensus emerges when experts give iterative, anonymous estimates on an uncertain future question?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.AsyncFormat: async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-4 Wochen
6-30 Experten
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Decision MakingCategory: Decision Making. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by describing the change objective, collecting driving forces, and deriving interventions.
Core question: Which forces drive the desired change and which restrain it, and which interventions most strongly shift the balance?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
45-90 min
3-12
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns baseline, opportunities, and strategic options into a tangible result by defining scope and target state, documenting current state, and assigning measures and owners.
Core question: Which gaps between current state and target state prevent the outcome, and which actions close them effectively?
Planning toolMethod form: Planning tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
2-8
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by framing the scope and target state, capturing the seven elements, and deriving change actions.
Core question: Which seven S are not aligned and which tension most strongly threatens execution of the strategy?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-4 h
3-12
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by defining the scope and market, gathering factors by category, and formulating strategic questions.
Core question: Which external factors shape the market over the time horizon, and what strategic questions arise from their impact and uncertainty?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
2-10
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by defining the industry scope, analyzing the five forces, and formulating strategic options.
Core question: How structurally attractive is this market, and which force most strongly limits long-term profitability?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
2-8
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies connections, patterns, and leverage points by articulating long-term impact, working backward from outcomes, and defining measurement points and risks.
Core question: How do the planned activities lead through outputs and outcomes to long-term impact, and which assumptions and risks do we need to test and measure?
Planning toolMethod form: Planning tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-6 h
4-12
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves the current situation, opportunities, and strategic options toward a concrete result through "explain the nine-activity template", "describe primary activities", and "derive levers and weaknesses".
Core question: Which activities in our value creation are competitive advantage today, which cost without differentiation, and where are the strategic levers?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
Half day
3-8
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Product StrategyCategory: Product Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns target groups, value, goals, and priorities into a tangible result by defining the segment, collecting jobs, pains, and gains, and sharpening the proposition.
Core question: How exactly do the segment's pains, gains, and jobs fit the provider's products, pain relievers, and gain creators, and where is the gap?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-2 h
2-8
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves the current situation, opportunities, and strategic options toward a concrete result through "collect resources and capabilities", "answer question V for each resource", and "derive strategic actions".
Core question: Which of our resources are sources of sustainable competitive advantage, and which are only parity or even weakness?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
90-180 min
3-6
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FacilitationCategory: Facilitation. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns group input, selection, and decision into a tangible result by defining the alignment question, collecting stakeholder perspectives, and planning clarification steps.
Core question: Where do stakeholders align, where do they diverge, and what clarifications are needed before a decision can move forward?
Facilitation methodMethod form: Facilitation method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-2 h
4-12
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Product StrategyCategory: Product Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves target group, value, goals, and priorities toward a concrete result through "name the main metric", "collect possible unintended side effects", and "use counter metrics alongside the main metric in reviews".
Core question: What undesirable side effect would increasing the top metric cause, and how can we detect it early?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
30-60 min
2-6
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Product StrategyCategory: Product Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Links data, insights, beliefs, and bets so strategy and product decisions become traceable and reviewable.
Core question: On what basis, and with which Beliefs and Insights from which data, does the team take which Bet (decision)?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-2 h
2-8
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Product StrategyCategory: Product Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves target group, value, goals, and priorities toward a concrete result through "define the top metric", "describe the main driver of the top metric", and "set the review cadence".
Core question: How does the top metric decompose into controllable sub-metrics, which one contributes how much, and who is responsible for each lever?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
90-180 min initial, dann laufend
3-8
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves relationships, patterns, and leverage toward a concrete result through "introduce the twelve leverage points", "collect planned actions", and "formulate a strategy across multiple levers".
Core question: Which leverage levels address our planned actions, and which higher-level levers would produce stronger impact?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
Half day
3-12
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Decision MakingCategory: Decision Making. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by observing the situation, interpreting signals and context, and reviewing the effect of each cycle.
Core question: Which observation, orientation, decision, and action is one step ahead in the current loop, and which follow-up loop comes next?
Process modelMethod form: Process model. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
15-60 min je Zyklus
1-8
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Decision MakingCategory: Decision Making. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by collecting rough options, consolidating them, and creating a comparable shortlist.
Core question: Which actions options are truly comparable, complete, and decision-ready?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
45-120 min
3-8
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Product StrategyCategory: Product Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Vision, target group, needs, value, and business goals fit onto one board that exposes assumptions for validation.
Core question: Which shareable product vision connects target group, needs, product idea and business goals so discovery and roadmap can align to it?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-2 h
2-8
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns baseline, opportunities, and strategic options into a tangible result by defining the focal question, collecting drivers, and testing strategic options.
Core question: Which combinations of uncertain drivers create plausibly different futures, and which strategic options are robust in more than one future?
Planning toolMethod form: Planning tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
0.5-2 Tage
4-12
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Structures current business, emerging growth fields, and future options across three horizons so portfolio decisions can balance today, tomorrow, and later.
Core question: How is the current initiative portfolio distributed across the three horizons, which imbalances become visible, and which reallocation secures both today and tomorrow?
Planning toolMethod form: Planning tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ
3-12
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns starting position, opportunities, and strategic options into a tangible result by collecting SWOT factors, prioritizing them, and evaluating strategic options.
Core question: Which strategic options emerge when each strength and weakness is systematically combined with each opportunity and threat, and which of these options are worth pursuing?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-2 h
3-10
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns current state, opportunities, and strategic options into a tangible result by clarifying vision, defining mission, and checking coherence and measurability.
Core question: Which coherent target system of Vision, Mission, Goals, and Strategies orients the organization for the next 1-5 years?
Planning toolMethod form: Planning tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-4 h
3-12
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
Strukturiert eine Lage entlang Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity und Ambiguity, um passende Handlungslogiken abzuleiten.
Core question: Welche Art von Unklarheit prägt diese Situation, und welche Reaktionslogik passt deshalb als nächster Schritt?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
30-90 min
1-10
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves the current situation, opportunities, and strategic options toward a concrete result through "place the Business Model Canvas at the center", "define two to three scenarios", and "derive actions per scenario".
Core question: Which parts of the business model hold up across different scenarios, and which actions should follow from the weak spots?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.