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Business Strategy
VMGS
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently.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.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h2-4 h workshop plus review60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, StrategiesStrategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
VisionGoalsStrategy
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
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Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board