StrategyKPI / metricBlue ocean strategy (Kim and Mauborgne)How should blue ocean strategy (kim and mauborgne) be measured and interpreted?Use the approach when a red ocean position offers limited prospects for profitable growth. In their twenty fifteen work on “red ocean traps,” Kim and Mauborgne identified six mental models that obstruct market creation:IntermediateStrategicFigures
StrategyKPI / metricMaking the strategic investment decisionHow should making the strategic investment decision be measured and interpreted?Use this approach when you must choose among strategic alternatives with different costs, benefits, timing and risks. Use payback only as a screening method when a full discounted cash flow analysis is disproportionate or unavailable.IntermediateStrategicFigures
StrategyKPI / metricProfit from the core (Zook)How should profit from the core (zook) be measured and interpreted?Use the framework whenever a growth strategy appears to be drifting away from the customers, capabilities, channels or economics that give the company an advantage.AccessibleStrategicFigures
OperationsKPI / metricEarned value (EV) metricHow should earned value (ev) metric be measured and interpreted?Answer the key performance question: “To what extent are our projects making the desired progress?”AccessibleOperationalFigures
StrategyKPI / metricGood strategy, bad strategy (Rumelt)How should good strategy, bad strategy (rumelt) be measured and interpreted?Use the framework to develop a strategy, test whether an existing plan is genuinely strategic and replace broad aspiration with a focused response to a consequential problem.AccessibleStrategicFigures
StrategyKPI / metricMintzberg’s 5Ps for strategyHow should mintzberg’s 5ps for strategy be measured and interpreted?Use the five Ps when:IntermediateStrategic
InnovationKPI / metricStrategic IT-alignment modelHow should strategic it-alignment model be measured and interpreted?Apply the model when technology is material to delivering or changing the business strategy. IT strategy should not be designed or altered in isolation; alignment must be managed across external choices and internal operating arrangements.AccessibleStrategicFigures
StrategyKPI / metricStrategically distinctive resources (Barney)How should strategically distinctive resources (barney) be measured and interpreted?Apply VRIN in corporate or business strategy to determine which resources are genuinely strategic and merit investment and protection.AccessibleStrategicFigures
StrategyKPI / metricThe strategic triangle (Ohmae)How should the strategic triangle (ohmae) be measured and interpreted?Use the triangle to create or pressure test an emerging strategy, especially when a plan reflects the company’s preferences but has not yet reconciled customer value with likely competitor response. It is also useful when growth has stalled and the team needs to locate which side of the strategic fit has weakened.AccessibleStrategicFigures
Organisational behaviourKPI / metricAccelerated learningHow should accelerated learning be measured and interpreted?Apply accelerated learning techniques whenever you are acquiring new knowledge or developing a skill.AccessibleTactical