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Criterion
Paper illustration of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
VRIO Framework
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.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
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-2 h10-20 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-64-124-100+2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
VRIO Table, Strategic ActionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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