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Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Purposedifferent
McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h15-90 min daily90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1213-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusGQM Table, Metric Profiles
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OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment
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Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method