StrategyMatrix / portfolioAnsoff’s matrix and product market gridHow can ansoff’s matrix and product market grid support strategic choice or positioning?The appropriate route to corporate growth depends on the risk the organisation can accept, its current portfolio of products and markets, and whether it intends to build around existing or new offers and customers. Systematic planning begins with a clear view of the distance between today’s position and the desired future one. The product/market grid and the later Ansoff cube help managers describe that gap and identify possible growth directions.IntermediateStrategicFigures
StrategyMatrix / portfolioThe attractiveness/advantage matrix (GE/McKinsey)How can the attractiveness/advantage matrix (ge/mckinsey) support strategic choice or positioning?Use it whenever the organisation must evaluate and rebalance a portfolio of product market segments.AccessibleStrategicFigures
FinanceMatrix / portfolioModern portfolio theoryHow can modern portfolio theory support strategic choice or positioning?To structure discussion of asset allocation and diversification.AccessibleStrategicFigures
StrategyMatrix / portfolioThe composite risk index and the 5×5 risk matrixHow can the composite risk index and the 5×5 risk matrix support strategic choice or positioning?Use the index to prioritise risks in strategy, projects, operations, safety, healthcare and governance.AccessibleStrategicFigures
StrategyMatrix / portfolioThe risk management matrixHow can the risk management matrix support strategic choice or positioning?Use the matrix as a call to action: identify how transfer, mitigation or redesign could make a strategy more robust.AccessibleStrategicFigures
OperationsMatrix / portfolioProbability/Impact MatrixHow can probability/impact matrix support strategic choice or positioning?Prioritise risks recorded in a programme risk register.AccessibleStrategicTemplateFigures