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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Purposedifferent
For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h2-4 h workshop plus review1-2 h Setup
Participantsdifferent
3-84-102-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresStrategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence
Tagsno overlap
FlowMeasurementConstraints
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
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Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree