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NOISE Analysis, an alternative to SWOT. Strategic Planning

Mike Cardus

Working with companies and developing strategic plans everyone seems to feel that the default method is a SWOT analysis strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. Developing knowledge plus skills to navigate the plan, allows us to choose focus points and what to eliminate. Examples? *. NOISE Analysis. Guidelines.

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Five whats and a how – solution-focused method to make team progress

Mike Cardus

How the individual situation, process structure ought to be operating, and what those aspirations look like. A way to identify current conditions, I have my NOISEanalysis , which is an alternative to SWOT to say what the existing strengths of the project are? Here’s the example. Where are the needs of the project or team?

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A 6-Part Tool for Ranking and Assessing Risks

Harvard Business Review

Developed during World War II, CARVER (then one letter shorter and known as CARVE) was originally used by analysts to determine where bomber pilots could most effectively drop their munitions on enemy targets. It can be highly useful if you need to, for example, defend a budget request or a strategic plan to company leadership.

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting People

Harvard Business Review

Collectively known as "operational risks", these latter costs are substantial yet, if managed properly, could significantly, reduce the bottom line with few negative side effects. For example, estimates by Mercer and others indicate that losses just for the major risks (e.g., employee accidents, office theft, etc.)

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The Startling Fact About the Criteria to Make More Effective.

CO2

Examples of some criteria organizations use to make decisions are impact to the organization, revenue opportunity, risk of failure, return on investment and the list is numberless. They have videos on the developers site that will take you three minutes to learn the tool. It forces you to make better decisions.

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Criteria for a Critical Decision

CO2

Examples of some criteria organizations use to make decisions are impact to the organization, revenue opportunity, risk of failure, return on investment and the list is numberless. They have videos on the developers site that will take you three minutes to learn the tool. It forces you to make better decisions.

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Create a Strategy That Anticipates and Learns

Harvard Business Review

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Strategy-making can now happen in real time. Strategy can anticipate and learn.