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Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Purposedifferent
With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-2 h Setup, laufend2-4 h workshop plus review
Participantsdifferent
1-2014-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineStrategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
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ALPEN Method
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
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Weekly Review
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Eat the Frog