Strategy and Execution
Stratecution and You:
INVITATION for a BUSINESS STRESS TEST
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating"
Provides insight in business sensivities like:
- Optimism/realism risk
- Financial risk
- Non financial risks on timing, market criteria and core competences
- Business development risk per business/project stage
- Strategic and issue risks
We offer two DEMO types:
- A descriptive DEMO below for a quick insight during this site visit
- A live DEMO for a for a 14 days free license trial via the
10 steps for making a Strat/Assess PROFESSIONAL dashboard
+ decision making
It provides insight in the business sensitivities below: you can experiment yourself and review which measures have the most effect:
Step 1 Download and save EXCEL Strat/Assess from www.Stratecution.nl with your personal inlogcode
Step 2 Take and/or formulate your business plan: score the chapters(top down or bottom–up)
Step 3 Open dashboard and start analysis
Optimism/realism risk sensitivity
Financial risk sensitivity
Step 6 Strategic Market map /Strategic Competences map
Qualitative risk sensitivity
on timing, market and core competences
Step 7 Business development competences/ 1-4 stage gates
Business development risk sensivity
by business/project stage
Step 8 Strategy and strategic issues
Strategic and issue risk sensivity
Step 10 Bottom-line decision making
Below you can read a short description on how to make with this DEMO your own PROFESSIONAL VERSION dashboard in 10 steps.
The application and the live DEMO start as follows: this is just a decription on how it works.
(You receive inlogcodes by e-mail)
Step 1
Download and save EXCEL Strat/Assess from www.Stratecution.nl with your personal inlogcodes
This is the LOGIN PROCEDURE: You can also continue with step 2 for the dashboard itself
Right top corner of this website:
Gives access to your personal licenses site:
Via download you have access to the Excel document: in this you fill out your inlogcodes:
This is a MICROSOFT EXCEL download with the dashboard itself: EXCEL knowledge is not necessary. See examples below.
Via Online documentation you have access to
- the Strat/Assess textbook for support(online or off-line via premium pack): this a very comprehensive textbook on making business plans(printed some 550 pages) in HTML: it guides you through all key elements for making the dashboard and scoring for the dashboard.
The Strat/Assess textbook:
Take and/or formulate your business plan: score the chapters(top down or bottom–up)
Key differentiator of the Strat/Assess textbook is the scoring of each chapter of the business plan via some 80 questions.
It is also appropriate for most existing business plans not formulated with the Strat/Assess business plan format
The Strat/Assess textbook includes all necessary business plan formats, scoring questions and templates.
These are also separately available in MICROSOFT WORD via the business plan pack or premium pack. The scoring template is separately available via the MICROSOFT EXCEL field work score book.
SCORING EXAMPLE on strategy: a minimum "fully in place" scoring of 90 % is suggested on 12 strategy elements and e.g. in case the score is lower than 90% the entire plan is subject for serious review.
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Open dashboard and start analysis
With your personal inlogcodes you open the dashboard:
There are two ways to complete a dashboard:
- Top-down just completing the screens below
- Bottom-up by completing the detailed scores of the Strat/Assess textbook and to transfer these to the forms below.
We recommend to start top-down to get a first impression of the status of the business.
Refinements can follow over time.
Dashboard input form 1/6
Basic parameters
This is to fill out the key sources of information.
Optimism/realism risk sensitivity
- In total there are 4 possible datasets: you can compare over time the progress of the plan and adjust when appropriate.
- This will avoid overoptimism and too positive scoring: on the the next data set such positive scorings will be discovered anyhow!
- The reporting date serves as Net Present Value date.
Dashboard input form 2/6
Financials
Financial risk sensitivity
(PROFESSIONAL VERSION ONLY)
The financial scenarios are based on:
- Minimum case sales revenues
- Likely case sales revenues
- Maximum case sales revenues
with expected investments in:
- R&D
- Capital expenditures
- Marketing expenditures
both over a period for in total 6 years
Dashboard detail
With the expected(variable) contribution margin the Net Present Value, cashflow and the return % and a real options indication will be calculated.
Dashboard input form 3/6
Dashboard input form 4/6
Strategic Market map /Strategic Competences map
Qualitative risk sensitivity
on timing, market and core competences
Define when this market has started and when the company will enter the market in order to define any discrepancies in timing:
• In time
• (Too) early: First mover
• (Too )late: Fast follower
Dashboard detail
The financials may be interesting! However it is of key importance to have an indication on:
- Market attractiveness
SELF ASSESSMENT: STRATEGIC MARKET MAP
Dashboard detail
- Available status of required competences
SELF ASSESSMENT: STRATEGIC COMPETENCES MAP
Dashboard detail
Whereas scores market attractiveness are mostly a given, unlike you are a real market shaper bringing disruptive developments, scores on strategic competences may be improved over time to a 100% desired state level.
The scores of the Strategic Market map /Strategic Competences map result in a risk indicator for the entire business. The risk will decrease proportionally by fully completing the competences.
EXAMPLE:
From the scores above the risk is 90,5 %
Calculation:
(100 -/- (38x25) ) / 100 = (100 -/- 9,5 ) /100 = 90,5 %
The external factors determine the business risk to a great extent, competences can in most cases be improved.
The maximum risk score in this example is 62 % at a competences level of 100 %. Based on the Strat/Assess requirements as described in bottom-line decision making 62% risk is unacceptable.
Such a project should be discontinued.
Dashboard input form 4/6
Business development competences/ 1-4 stage gates
Business development risk sensivity
by business/project stage
(PROFESSIONAL VERSION ONLY)
Strat/Assess is a funnel innovation model, that can be used as a version of and in combination with the Robert G.Cooper Stage-Gate Model and aligns (also as a far more comprehensive alternative) with the Bell-Mason Diagnostic(adapted and improved as a next generation stage gate approach) for:
1. Complete new business plans
2. Existing business plans
By:
1. Self assessment at the end of each stage
2. Improvement plans aiming for the desired state
3. Identification of missing and unsufficient elements
4. Measurement of the maturity of the business plan
- According to the underlying theory a business will fail when not all scores are at 3 level at time of market introduction (at the latest) or when scored for an existing company.
- Transfer to the next stage should only be allowed when all scores are at a 100% desired state level or when convincing plans to reach this level within some 3 months are available.
- You just have to select the appropriate stage and complete the required form(just one)
Elaboration strategic competences map
(PROFESSIONAL VERSION ONLY)
At risk/incomplete/to be developed:
Dashboard detail
Desired state via improvement plans:
Dashboard detail
According to the underlying theory a business will fail when not all scores are at 3 level at time of market introduction (at the latest) or when scored for an existing company.
STAGE 1. Concept/Basic outlines of a business plan
- Feasibility study of the product/service offering and the customer value proposition
Dashboard input form 5/6
STAGE 2. Initial business plan/tryout
- Prototype product/service offering
Dashboard input form 5/6
For stage 3 and 4 the same elements are scored:
Stage 3. Advanced business plan: product/service development
- Completing and detailing the product/service offering specification
- Final testing, control and validation
Stage 4. Complete business plan: market introduction/launch
- Market introduction/launch preparation
Dashboard input form 5/6
Strategy and strategic issues
Strategic and issue risk sensivity
This is to summarise in a few sentences the
- strategy and to fill out the strategy scores
Strat/Assess textbook detail
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Dashboard detail
Dashboard input form 6/6
- Strategic discussion issues and business risk analysis:
Dashboard detail
Dashboard results
Automaticaly the dashboard will be made available:
In case your have more businesses you can make comparisions in a portfolio
(PROFESSIONAL VERSION ONLY)
Bottom-line decision making
Based on the dashboard and if available a portfolio you can now start making decisions(this template is available in the Strat/Assess textbook and via the MICROSOFT EXCEL field work score book.
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