Turns the current situation, opportunities, and strategic options into a tangible result through defining scope, collecting strengths and weaknesses, and defining actions.
Core question: Which internal strengths and weaknesses meet which external opportunities and threats, and which action logic follows from that?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
30-60 min
3-12
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by defining the scope and market, gathering factors by category, and formulating strategic questions.
Core question: Which external factors shape the market over the time horizon, and what strategic questions arise from their impact and uncertainty?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
2-10
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves the current situation, opportunities, and strategic options toward a concrete result through "explain the nine-activity template", "describe primary activities", and "derive levers and weaknesses".
Core question: Which activities in our value creation are competitive advantage today, which cost without differentiation, and where are the strategic levers?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
Half day
3-8
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves relationships, patterns, and leverage toward a concrete result through "define the question and time horizon", "define stocks and flows", and "run scenarios and vary assumptions".
Core question: Which dynamic effects and policy levers become visible when qualitative structure is calculated as quantitative model across the time horizon?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.AsyncFormat: async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.