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what makes a good vision?

- not how we do things but why we do it


- defines the purpose of the org


- a set defined direction for a companies growth

what makes a good strategy?

- the vision is why we do things, the strategy is how we are going to get it done


- used to achieve something, the creation of a unique value proposition


- SMART


- porters generic strategies

Porters generic strategies

Differentiation; creating uniqueness that is hard to imitate, broad market


Cost leadership; aims to gain competitive advantage by lowering costs which can be hard to imitate




Differentiation focus; tailored to a small market segment to create and capture uniqueness and value




Cost focus; low operational costs in a narrow market




ALL USED TO GAIN SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

CSFs

critical activities required for a strategy to be successful


eg being able to handle bookings in a timely way

KPIs

the way to measure the CSFs to see if it is successful


eg percentage decrease in customer complaints


needs to be SMART, MEASURABLE, ACCEPTABLE

Business processes

what part of the org has the greatest measurable effect on our CSF/ strategy/ Vision

EPC models

Semantics; does it follow logically? does it make sense?




Syntax; does it use correct modelling constructs?




- events cannot make decisions


- data clusters and org units can only come out of functions


- operators can only stem from functions


- start and end with the same operator!

^

AND.


- performing things in parallel


eg weigh luggage and issue boarding pass

X

XOR.


only one of the events must be followed.


eg log in, or register

v

OR.


can do combination


eg want cake? cookies? nothing?

NAMING CONVENTIONS

EVENT; past tense


noun -> verb




FUNCTION; present tense


verb -> noun
(FVN)

EXAMPLES OF CSFs

- increase cash flow


- decrease number of customer complaints


- attract new customers

EXAMPLES OF KPIs

- 90% customer complaint resolution


- 90% satisfaction rating


- gain market share by 1% per month


- sustain 98% customer satisfaction rate