9-Box Talent Grid
9-Box Talent Grid reference entry — assess employees on a two-axis grid of current performance and future potential to guide development decisions. Full pillar in production.
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Library Staff is the editorial byline used for reference entries written and reviewed by the BusinessLibrary.net team. Each entry pairs original-source research — the book, paper, or company case that introduced the framework — with practitioner detail on when it works, how to apply it, and where it commonly breaks. Staff drafts are reviewed by named contributors before publication. Our standing rules: no fabricated statistics, no anonymous "studies show," no recycled summaries of other reference sites. If a number appears, it is cited; if a claim is contested, the contest is noted.
Areas of expertise
- Strategy frameworks
- Operations frameworks
- Product frameworks
- Finance frameworks
- Leadership frameworks
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Published frameworks
AARRR (Pirate Metrics)
AARRR Pirate Metrics reference entry — Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, Revenue stages of a product growth funnel. Full pillar in production.
Ansoff Matrix
Ansoff Matrix reference entry — four directional growth strategies across existing and new products and markets. Full pillar in production.
BCG Matrix (Growth-Share Matrix)
BCG Matrix reference entry — categorize business units by market growth rate and relative market share to guide capital allocation. Full pillar in production.
Blue Ocean Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy reference entry — create uncontested market space rather than compete head-on in saturated industries. Full pillar in production.
Break-Even Analysis
Break-Even Analysis reference entry — sales volume at which total revenue equals total cost and the business begins to generate profit. Full pillar in production.
Burn Rate & Runway
Burn Rate and Runway reference entry — monthly cash consumption and months remaining until cash exhausts at the current rate. Full pillar in production.
Business Process Reengineering
Business Process Reengineering reference entry — radical redesign of core business processes to achieve dramatic performance improvements. Full pillar in production.
Customer Lifetime Value (LTV)
Customer Lifetime Value reference entry — total revenue a business can expect from a single customer over the entire relationship. Full pillar in production.
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
Discounted Cash Flow reference entry — value an asset by projecting and discounting its future cash flows to present value. Full pillar in production.
Jobs to be Done (JTBD)
A framework for understanding customer behavior and why people buy products.
Kanban Method
Kanban Method reference entry — visualize work, limit work-in-progress, and manage flow through a continuous delivery system. Full pillar in production.
Kano Model
Kano Model reference entry — classify product features by their effect on customer satisfaction across must-have, performance, and delighter dimensions. Full pillar in production.
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
KPIs reference entry — quantitative measures of ongoing operational health that signal whether a team or business is on track. Full pillar in production.
Lean Canvas
A 1-page business plan template that helps you deconstruct your idea into its key assumptions.
North Star Framework
North Star Framework reference entry — single metric capturing the core value a product delivers and the inputs that drive it. Full pillar in production.
OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)
A goal-setting framework used by individuals, teams, and organizations to define measurable goals and track their outcomes.
PESTLE Analysis
PESTLE Analysis reference entry — Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental factors shaping a business. Full pillar in production.
Porter’s Five Forces
A framework for analyzing a company’s competitive environment, focusing on the forces that shape every industry.
RACI Matrix
RACI Matrix reference entry — Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed role assignments across a project or process. Full pillar in production.
Radical Candor
Radical Candor reference entry — give feedback that combines personal care with direct challenge, avoiding ruinous empathy and obnoxious aggression. Full pillar in production.
RICE Prioritization
A scoring system used by product managers to prioritize ideas, features, and projects.
Rule of 40
Rule of 40 reference entry — heuristic that a healthy SaaS combined revenue growth rate and profit margin should exceed forty percent. Full pillar in production.
Servant Leadership
Servant Leadership reference entry — leadership philosophy centered on serving the growth and well-being of the team rather than accumulating authority. Full pillar in production.
Situational Leadership
Situational Leadership reference entry — adapt leadership style to the readiness and competence level of the follower or team. Full pillar in production.
Six Sigma (DMAIC)
Six Sigma (DMAIC) reference entry — Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control methodology for reducing process variation. Full pillar in production.
SWOT Analysis
A strategic planning technique used to help identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats related to business competition or project planning.
Theory of Constraints
Theory of Constraints reference entry — identify and exploit system bottlenecks to improve overall throughput. Full pillar in production.
Tuckman's Stages of Group Development
Tuckman's Stages reference entry — Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning model of how teams evolve over time. Full pillar in production.
Unit Economics
Unit Economics reference entry — revenue and cost analyzed on a per-unit basis to assess business model viability. Full pillar in production.