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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 of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain 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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list.
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45-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufendHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
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Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsRAID Log, Status Report SourceValue Chain Map, Lever List
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OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis
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Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
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VRIO Framework
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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Alignment Mapping