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Business Strategy

VMGS

Turns current state, opportunities, and strategic options into a tangible result by clarifying vision, defining mission, and checking coherence and measurability.

Core question
Which coherent target system of Vision, Mission, Goals, and Strategies orients the organization for the next 1-5 years?
MediumWorkshop2-4 h
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Purpose

The method helps clarify current state, opportunities, and strategic options concretely. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and action options. The result is captured as a Vision Statement, Mission Statement, and Goals.

How it works

The team follows the steps: clarify vision, define mission, define goals, derive strategies, and check coherence and measurability. Each step is captured visibly. At the end, a Vision Statement, Mission Statement, and Goals are available so decisions, tests, or actions can follow directly.

Visual orientation

Method sketch for a quick mental model.

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Flow

  1. 1Clarify vision
  2. 2Define mission
  3. 3Define goals
  4. 4Derive strategies
  5. 5Check coherence and measurability

The runsheet guides execution with 5 phases, timeboxes, 5 pitfalls, and clear stop criteria.

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Ideal for

  • Strategy workshops
  • Organizational alignment
  • Portfolio direction

Not good for

  • Short-term task planning
  • Feature-level design

Deep dive

In detail

VMGS follows a clear working logic: clarify vision, define mission, define goals, derive strategies, and check coherence and measurability. 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 Vision Statement, Mission Statement, and Goals support decisions, learning, or further planning.

Facilitation

Prepare a clear guiding question, the right information, and a visible workspace. Plan about 2-4 h with 3-12 people and use the format in a facilitated workshop. The facilitation needs visible structure and preparation; short timeboxes, visible intermediate results, and a parking lot for open questions help.

Output artifacts
Vision StatementMission StatementGoalsStrategies
Tags
visionmissiongoalsstrategy

Sources

Mission statement - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgPersonal Goal Settingmindtools.com
Artifact templates
Strategy BriefCompact briefing for strategic context, target state, priorities, and non-goals.
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strategy-brief-markdown.md

Compact briefing for strategic context, target state, priorities, and non-goals.

Strategy Brief

Context

Why is this strategic clarification needed now?

Target state

What should be different in 6-12 months?

Priorities

  1. ...
  2. ...
  3. ...

Non-goals

  • ...

Metrics

  • North Star Metric:
  • Guardrail Metrics:

Risks

  • ...

Decisions

Which decisions should follow from this?

When to choose differently

Short decision aid for existing alternatives.

OKRs

Statt VMGS, wenn du mit OKRs Wirkungsziele mit wenigen messbaren Ergebnissen scharf ausrichten willst.

Balanced Scorecard

Statt VMGS, wenn du mit Balanced Scorecard Strategie über mehrere Perspektiven mit Kennzahlen und Steuerung abbilden willst.

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