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Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Purposedifferent
When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends.Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-3 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-122-102-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsPESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsFive Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options
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Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting