Purpose
The method helps clarify options, criteria, and risks concretely. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Radar Map, Capability Scores, and Action Areas.
Decision Making
Radar
Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by defining dimensions, setting a scoring scale, and deriving action areas.
Which position on the radar most honestly reflects each item's current maturity and organization-wide recommendation?
MediumWorkshop + async1-2 h
How it works
The team follows the steps: define dimensions, set a scoring scale, evaluate items or capabilities, visualize the radar, and derive action areas. Each step is captured visibly. At the end, a Radar Map, Capability Scores, and Action Areas are available so decisions, tests, or actions can follow directly.
Visual orientation
Method sketch for a quick mental model.
Flow
- 1Define dimensions
- 2Set scoring scale
- 3Evaluate items or capabilities
- 4Visualize the radar
- 5Derive action areas
The runsheet guides execution with 5 phases, timeboxes, 5 pitfalls, and clear stop criteria.
Open runsheetIdeal for
- Capability reviews
- Technology radar
- Portfolio conversations
Not good for
- Exact measurement without a scoring model
- Single decisions without a comparison set
Deep dive
In detail
Radar follows a clear working logic: define dimensions, set a scoring scale, evaluate items or capabilities, visualize the radar, and derive action areas. This turns the method into a visible thinking process rather than only a conversation. The participants move step by step from raw material, observations, or options toward a shared structure. As a result, a Radar Map, Capability Scores, and Action Areas support decisions, learning, or further planning.
Facilitation
Prepare a clear guiding question, the right information, and a visible workspace. Plan about 1-2 h with 2-10 people and use the format either in a workshop or asynchronously. The facilitation needs visible structure and preparation; short timeboxes, visible intermediate results, and a parking lot for open questions help.
Output artifacts
Radar MapCapability ScoresAction Areas
Artifact templates
Radar Working TemplateCompact working template for Radar with dimensions, scores, evidence, and action areas.spreadsheet
Radar Working TemplateCompact working template for Radar with dimensions, scores, evidence, and action areas.
spreadsheetradar-working-template.md
Compact working template for Radar with dimensions, scores, evidence, and action areas.
Radar Working Template
Goal
Compare capabilities, technologies, or topics on radar rings and derive clear action areas.
Context
When and for what do we use this method?
Input
Which data, observations, decisions, or materials are available?
Working area
- Dimensions:
- Scoring scale:
- Items or capabilities:
- Evidence:
- Action areas:
Output artifacts
- Radar map:
- Capability notes:
- Action backlog:
Open questions
- ...
Next step
Owner, date, and success signal.
When to choose differently
Short decision aid for existing alternatives.
Decision Matrix
Statt Radar, wenn ihr nicht Reifegrade einordnet, sondern Optionen mit Gewichtung und Begründung gegeneinander auswählt.
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