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Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
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.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.
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MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-120 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-82-63-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action ListFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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StrategyCompetitionMarket
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
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Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
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Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
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