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Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list.For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
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Half day1-4 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-83-81-8
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Value Chain Map, Lever ListChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis
RiskDecisionSensemaking
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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