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Paper illustration for TOWS Matrix.
Business Strategy
TOWS Matrix
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
TOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority ActionsRAID Log, Status Report SourceCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
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StrategyAnalysisOptions
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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