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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 a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMetricsExecution
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
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Counter Metrics
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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