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Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
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.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
2-4 h workshop plus reviewWochen bis Monate je GoalHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
4-103-104-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
StrategyMetricsExecution
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Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
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 KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs