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Criterion
Paper illustration for TOWS Matrix.
Business Strategy
TOWS Matrix
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Purposedifferent
The TOWS Matrix connects internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats into action-oriented strategies. It goes a step further than a pure stocktaking.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-2 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
TOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority ActionsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
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StrategyAnalysisOptions
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
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Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
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