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Criterion
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Purposedifferent
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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen15-45 min15-60 min je Zyklus
Participantsdifferent
4-121-31-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapADR File, Decision Log, RationaleSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates
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StrategyMetricsExecution
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of Strategy Execution Loop with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Execution Loop