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Paper illustration of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
VRIO Framework
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Purposedifferent
The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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.
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Timedifferent
90-180 min15-45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-61-31-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsync
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VRIO Table, Strategic ActionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleRAID Log, Status Report Source
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StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond