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Criterion
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
VRIO Framework
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Purposedifferent
With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min Planung, laufend90-180 min45-90 min20–45 min
Participantsdifferent
13-62-8Small cross-functional group
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanVRIO Table, Strategic ActionsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementFocus
StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
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