I'm looking for a business analysis framework. What are your experiences with for instance the 7s framework by McKinsey? Any other suggestions for that kind of analysis? Thanks!
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Erik-Jan V.
CFO || International Oriententation || Financial Turnaround Management || Focus on cash & return of investment
Dear Dirk
Please try Burke Litwin
Kind regards erik-jan
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Dean S.
Enterprise Agile Coach at LeadingAgile
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I have used a Business Capability Analysis very successfully in numerous engagements. The method was developed by Dennis Stevens and Ric Merrifield for Microsoft. It is a rapid, highly collaborative business analysis framework to view the business through the lenses of business value, performance and risk.
The method is described in "The Next Revolution in Productivity", Harvard Business Review, (June 2008).
Ric Merrifield recently published an executive treatment "Re-Think: A Business Manifesto for Cost Cutting and Innovation".
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Hello Dirk
The 7S framework can be a very useful tool to guide discussion, but there are certainly other approaches out there as well. What exactly is the business problem you are working to solve?
Regards
Valerie
The problem drives the solution...or the approach to the solution...
Your framework will be flexibility...mdh
Alain G.
Teaching Assistent & PhD Candidate Strategic Management at University of Antwerp
7S is a solid and proven framework. However, it will depend on the type os problem you're looking at. Prior to spotting any framework or methodology I would recommend to gain a thorough understanding of the problem at hand, then the type of framework or model to be used is relativetly easy to identify. Have a look at 12manage.com - it lists tons of interesting frameworks!
Good luck!!
