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Strategy templates

Decide where to play and how to win on one board everyone can see: read the situation, weigh options and bets, set objectives and lay out the roadmap that follows from them.

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Strategy templates 1–60 of 94

  • Preview of the Product roadmap template

    Product roadmap

    Four quarters across, product themes down, with cards for each initiative.

  • Preview of the Now, next, later template

    Now, next, later

    A roadmap without dates: problems you’re solving now, next and later, plus parked ideas.

  • Preview of the SWOT analysis template

    SWOT analysis

    Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, with a guiding question in each.

  • Preview of the Impact × effort template

    Impact × effort

    A 2×2 matrix to sort ideas into quick wins, big bets, fill-ins and time sinks.

  • Preview of the OKRs template

    OKRs

    Three objectives, each with measurable key results and the initiatives that move them.

  • Preview of the Lean canvas template

    Lean canvas

    A one-page business plan in three bands: the problem, your solution and the business.

  • Preview of the Business model sketch template

    Business model sketch

    Build, offer, reach, earn: how a business creates value and makes money, left to right.

  • Preview of the Competitor comparison template

    Competitor comparison

    A table of you against alternatives on the criteria customers care about, plus takeaways.

  • Preview of the Strategic pillars template

    Strategic pillars

    Hold a strategy up on a few pillars: the mission they serve, what each pillar means, the enablers under them and how progress shows.

  • Preview of the Bets portfolio template

    Bets portfolio

    See your initiatives as a portfolio of bets, from safe improvements to bold new ones, and check the mix is deliberate.

  • Preview of the SWOT to actions template

    SWOT to actions

    Turn a finished SWOT into moves: use strengths on opportunities, fix weaknesses that block them, and defend against threats.

  • Preview of the Market sizing funnel template

    Market sizing funnel

    Size a market from everyone who could buy down to who you can realistically win in year one, with the assumption behind each cut.

  • Preview of the Competitive landscape map template

    Competitive landscape map

    Place competitors on the two dimensions customers care about most, to see where the market is crowded and where there’s room.

  • Preview of the Build, buy or partner template

    Build, buy or partner

    Compare building a capability yourself, buying it, or partnering for it, on cost, speed, control and risk.

  • Preview of the Strategy diagnosis template

    Strategy diagnosis

    Build a strategy from the problem up: what’s really going on, the approach we’ll take, the actions that follow, and what we stop.

  • Preview of the Trends to watch template

    Trends to watch

    Sort the trends that could change your market by how soon they arrive and how much they would matter, and decide what to do about each.

  • Preview of the Theory of change template

    Theory of change

    Show how your work leads to the change you want: from resources and activities to outputs, outcomes and long-term impact.

  • Preview of the Option tree template

    Option tree

    Lay out the options for a big decision as a tree, so the team sees every path before arguing for one.

  • Preview of the Business case on a page template

    Business case on a page

    Make the case for an investment on one page: the problem, the proposal, costs, benefits, risks and what you ask for.

  • Preview of the Annual plan on a page template

    Annual plan on a page

    A year on one board: the theme, the few goals, and what each quarter focuses on to get there.

  • Preview of the Moat check template

    Moat check

    Test honestly what would stop a well-funded rival from copying you, and which advantages you should strengthen.

  • Preview of the Mission and vision workshop template

    Mission and vision workshop

    Draft a mission and vision with a team: who we serve, what we do for them, the future we’re building and the words to keep or ban.

  • Preview of the Partner fit review template

    Partner fit review

    Decide whether a potential partner is worth it: what each side gets, how customers benefit, the effort involved and the risks.

  • Preview of the Unit economics template

    Unit economics

    Work out what one customer brings in, what it costs to win and serve them, and how long until they pay back.

  • Preview of the Investment appraisal template

    Investment appraisal

    Compare options for a big spend on cost, return, payback and risk, so the decision is made on the same numbers for every option.

  • Preview of the Fundraising round plan template

    Fundraising round plan

    Plan a funding round from preparation to money in the bank: the story, the investor list, meetings, due diligence and closing.

  • Preview of the Impact measurement framework template

    Impact measurement framework

    Decide how you will show your work makes a difference: each outcome with an indicator, baseline, target and where the data comes from.

  • Preview of the Logic model template

    Logic model

    Lay out a programme as resources, activities, outputs and outcomes in columns, with the assumptions that hold them together.

  • Preview of the Advocacy campaign plan template

    Advocacy campaign plan

    Plan a campaign for a policy change: the ask, who decides, allies and opponents, messengers, tactics and the moments to act.

  • Preview of the Starbursting template

    Starbursting

    Question an idea from six sides: who, what, where, when, why and how, as a mind map.

  • Preview of the Opportunity solution tree template

    Opportunity solution tree

    One outcome, the customer opportunities behind it, solutions for each and the experiments to test them.

  • Preview of the RICE scoring template

    RICE scoring

    Score ideas by reach, impact, confidence and effort, so the backlog order has reasons.

  • Preview of the Customer journey template

    Customer journey

    Stages across, lanes for doing, thinking, feeling, pain points and opportunities.

  • Preview of the Service blueprint template

    Service blueprint

    What the customer does, what they see, what happens behind the scenes and the systems that support it.

  • Preview of the Decision matrix template

    Decision matrix

    Compare options on weighted criteria: score each 1–5, multiply by the weight, add it up.

  • Preview of the OKR tree template

    OKR tree

    A mission broken into objectives, measurable key results and the initiatives behind them.

  • Preview of the OKR tracker template

    OKR tracker

    Key results with start, target and current values, confidence and owners, plus check-in notes.

  • Preview of the AI adoption roadmap template

    AI adoption roadmap

    Plan how a team or company adopts AI in stages: learn, try safely, embed in workflows, and scale what works.

  • Preview of the Human + agent workshop template

    Human + agent workshop

    Sort a team’s tasks by how much judgement and how much repetition they involve, to decide what agents do and what people keep.

  • Preview of the AI use case canvas template

    AI use case canvas

    Think an AI idea through before building it: the problem, the people, the data, what good looks like, risks and who stays in the loop.

  • Preview of the PESTLE analysis template

    PESTLE analysis

    Scan the outside world in six lenses: political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental forces that could affect you.

  • Preview of the Five competitive forces template

    Five competitive forces

    How attractive is a market? Look at rivals, new entrants, substitutes and the bargaining power of buyers and suppliers.

  • Preview of the Growth options matrix template

    Growth options matrix

    Four ways to grow: sell more of what you have, build new things for current customers, take what you have to new markets, or do both.

  • Preview of the Issue tree template

    Issue tree

    Break a big question into smaller ones that don’t overlap and together cover it, so a team can split the work and test each part.

  • Preview of the Value chain map template

    Value chain map

    Follow how your organisation turns inputs into something customers pay for, step by step, and mark where you add or lose value.

  • Preview of the Scenario planning template

    Scenario planning

    Pick the two biggest uncertainties about the future, cross them, and describe the four worlds that result, so plans hold up in each.

  • Preview of the Strategy on a page template

    Strategy on a page

    The whole strategy on one board: why you exist, where you compete, why you win, the few priorities, how you measure them and what you stop.

  • Preview of the Gap analysis template

    Gap analysis

    Describe where you are today, where you want to be, and the concrete steps that close the gap between the two.

  • Preview of the Expansion opportunity map template

    Expansion opportunity map

    Map where a happy customer could get more value from you: new teams, new sites, more of what they use or something new.

  • Preview of the Customer coverage model template

    Customer coverage model

    Decide how much attention each group of customers gets, from a named manager to self-service, and what each group can expect.

  • Preview of the Insight to action template

    Insight to action

    Take a finding from data and walk it through to a decision: what you saw, why it matters, what it might mean and what you will do.

  • Preview of the Opportunity scoring template

    Opportunity scoring

    Find under-served needs: score how important each outcome is to customers and how satisfied they are today, then chase the biggest gaps.

  • Preview of the Product vision on a page template

    Product vision on a page

    Say where the product is going in one page: the change it makes, for whom, what it will never be, and how we’ll know it worked.

  • Preview of the Assumption test plan template

    Assumption test plan

    For each risky assumption behind a plan: how we will test it, what we will measure, where the pass line is and what we found.

  • Preview of the Product teardown template

    Product teardown

    Study another product end to end as a team: first impressions, onboarding, the core loop, pricing, and what to borrow or avoid.

  • Preview of the North star and input metrics template

    North star and input metrics

    One metric that captures the value customers get, surrounded by the few input metrics teams can actually move.

  • Preview of the Product principles template

    Product principles

    Write the few principles that settle product arguments before they start, each with an example of what it rules in and out.

  • Preview of the Pricing and packaging template

    Pricing and packaging

    Lay out your plans side by side: who each one is for, the price, what it includes, its limits and the reason to upgrade.

  • Preview of the Customer problem ranking template

    Customer problem ranking

    Rank the problems customers bring up by how many have them, how much they hurt and how well we could solve them.

  • Preview of the Assumption busting template

    Assumption busting

    List what everyone takes for granted about a problem, flip each assumption, and see which flips open up new ideas.

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