Dr. Max — Day 0 (current reality)
Elevation install · GroupWide · multi-market
Strategy
Strategic operating system
The strategic content powering the engagement — visible to the partner, the IAL, and (selectively) the prospect. This is the layer that gets sold from before delivery.
maps: 0
Wardley maps
Build-vs-buy posture. Where capabilities sit on the value chain × evolution axes. Where to invest, where to anticipate, where to commoditize.
diagrams: 0
BDN
Benefit Dependency Networks (Cranfield/Leeds): 7-lane drivers → objectives → benefits → capabilities → business changes → enabling changes → enablers, with Ward & Daniel benefit classification.
diagrams: 0
Stock & Flow
System dynamics: stocks, flows, auxiliaries, and feedback loops with polarity — Forrester-style engagement modeling.
workstreams: 0
Workstreams (Cynefin)
Candidate AI workstreams classified by Cynefin domain — Clear / Complicated / Complex / Chaotic — and ranked by benefit potential × foundation readiness. Drives the methodology mix per track.
tracks set: 0
Track methodology mix
Per-track pattern: Direct Install · Discovery-led · Foundation-first · Decline. Different tracks run different methodologies — concurrently. Set per the diagnostic.
notes: 0
Assumptions, analyses, decisions
The strategic-OS layer. Assumptions, hypotheses, analyses, observations, claims, risks, decisions — tagged, dated, sourced. The reasoning trail behind the engagement.