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Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
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 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.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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 review45-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
4-103-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
StrategyMetricsExecution
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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
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping