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Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Purposedifferent
A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h workshop plus review2-6 h1-2 h Setup
Participantsdifferent
4-103-82-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
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Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis