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Criterion
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h workshop plus review1-2 h Setup30-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-102-202-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceObservation Notes, Improvement Ideas
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AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
LeanObservationProcessOperations
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Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration for Kaizen Event.
Operations
Kaizen Event