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Paper illustration for TOWS Matrix.
Business Strategy
TOWS Matrix
Paper illustration for PERT Estimation.
Decision Making
PERT Estimation
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
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.On complex initiatives, a plain average tends to understate just how uncertain the outcome really is. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a PERT Estimate, Expected Value, and Risk Notes.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-2 h15-45 min0.5-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-101-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
TOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority ActionsPERT Estimate, Expected Value, Risk NotesScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options
Tagsno overlap
StrategyAnalysisOptions
EstimationUncertaintyRisk
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
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