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Criterion
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Purposedifferent
When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
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Timedifferent
30-90 minHalf day45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-82-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesStress Test Report, Action Plan per ScenarioAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
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ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
Paper illustration of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
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