How to use it?

Process

The identification of strategic options is a creative process that can be done in small (sub-) groups of no more than eight persons; meanwhile taking care that hierarchy does not restrict people to actively contribute ideas.

Groundwork

The formulation of strategic options can take place after institutional analysis, and after (or in combination with) reaching clarity on the mission and aspirations of the organisation. In other words, this tool formulates possible responses to the opportunities and threats you identified by making an environmental scan, institutiogramme, coverage matrix and/or stakeholder analysis.