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Paper illustration of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
VRIO Framework
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
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 delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
90-180 min1-3 h45-90 minHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-64-102-63-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
VRIO Table, Strategic ActionsCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceValue Chain Map, Lever List
Tagsno overlap
StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis
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