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Business StrategyAnalysis methodLow

Ansoff Matrix

Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by defining products and markets, collecting growth options, and choosing focus options.

Open method

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Strategies for Diversificationhbr.org Corporate Strategyarchive.org

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Business StrategyFrameworkHigh

Balanced Scorecard

Links perspectives, metrics, and initiatives into a scorecard that makes strategy traceable in daily work.

Open method

Sources

Kaplan & Norton · Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management Systemhbr.org Balanced Scorecard Institute · Four Perspectivesbalancedscorecard.org

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Business StrategyCanvasMedium

Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas

Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by defining the competitive factors, drawing the current value curve, and testing a new value curve.

Open method

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Strategy Canvasblueoceanstrategy.com Four Actions Frameworkblueoceanstrategy.com

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Business StrategyCanvasMedium

Business Model Canvas

Arranges business building blocks, assumptions, and hypotheses so model variants become more clearly comparable.

Open method

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The Business Model Canvas · Strategyzerstrategyzer.com

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Business StrategyDecision methodHigh

Business Model Stress Test

Moves the current situation, opportunities, and strategic options toward a concrete result through "place the Business Model Canvas at the center", "define two to three scenarios", and "derive actions per scenario".

Open method

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Strategyzer: Assessment Questions for Leadersstrategyzer.com

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Business StrategyPlanning toolMedium

GAP Analysis

Compares target and actual state, exposes gaps, and derives prioritized measures with clear risks.

Open method

Sources

Gap Analysis overview | Asanaasana.com

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Business StrategyAnalysis methodMedium

McKinsey 7S

Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by framing the scope and target state, capturing the seven elements, and deriving change actions.

Open method

Sources

Enduring Ideas: The 7-S Frameworkmckinsey.com Structure Is Not Organizationmckinsey.com

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Business StrategyDecision methodMedium

PESTLE Analysis

Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by defining the scope and market, gathering factors by category, and formulating strategic questions.

Open method

Sources

PESTLE Analysiscipd.org Exploring Corporate Strategypearson.com

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Business StrategyDecision methodMedium

Porter Five Forces

Clarifies starting point, opportunities, and strategic options by defining the industry scope, analyzing the five forces, and formulating strategic options.

Open method

Sources

The Five Forcesisc.hbs.edu The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategyhbr.org

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Business StrategyPlanning toolHigh

Scenario Planning

Develops scenarios around critical uncertainties and tests which options stay robust even under change.

Open method

Sources

Scenario Development | RANDrand.org

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Business StrategyPlanning toolMedium

Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning

Separates planning levels by time horizon, decision type, and control logic, so strategy does not get mixed up with day-to-day business.

Open method

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ISO 9001:2015 Quality management systemsiso.org

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Business StrategyProcess modelHigh

Strategy Execution Loop

Connects strategy development, translation, operational planning, monitoring, and adjustment into a repeatable leadership cycle.

Open method

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Harvard Business Review: Mastering the Management Systemhbr.org

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Business StrategyMapping toolMedium

Strategy Map

Visualizes strategic objectives and cause-and-effect relationships so a leadership team sees the same strategy story.

Open method

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Harvard Business Review: Having Trouble with Your Strategy? Then Map Ithbr.org

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Business StrategyAnalysis methodLow

SWOT Analysis

Compares internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats, deriving option paths from it.

Open method

Sources

The origins of SWOT analysissciencedirect.com IIBA SWOT Analysis insightiiba.org

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Business StrategyPlanning toolMedium

Three Horizons

Structures current business, emerging growth fields, and future options across three horizons so portfolio decisions can balance today, tomorrow, and later.

Open method

Sources

McKinsey: Enduring Ideas, The three horizons of growthmckinsey.com

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Business StrategyDecision methodMedium

TOWS Matrix

Derives concrete strategies from SWOT factors, connecting strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats.

Open method

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TOWS Matrixdoi.org

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Business StrategyMapping toolHigh

Value Chain Analysis

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".

Open method

Sources

Harvard Business School: The Value Chainisc.hbs.edu

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Business StrategyPlanning toolMedium

VMGS

Shapes vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a guiding logic that ties priorities and direction together.

Open method

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University of Kansas: VMOSActb.ku.edu

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Business StrategyDecision methodMedium

VRIO Framework

Moves the current situation, opportunities, and strategic options toward a concrete result through "collect resources and capabilities", "answer question V for each resource", and "derive strategic actions".

Open method

Sources

Jay Barney: Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantagedoi.org

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Business StrategyDecision methodLow

5-Minuten VC-Check

A fast venture-style triage that tests whether an idea has a clear problem, paying customer, differentiated solution, and plausible market.

Open method

Sources

Sequoia Capital: Writing a Business Plansequoiacap.com