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Criterion
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 Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Purposedifferent
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.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h
Participantssame
3-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsBottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
FlowMeasurementConstraints
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning