Strategic choices & advantage · Working
Coherence
Also called: strategic coherence
ELI5
The plan's parts make sense together.
Used in conversation
“Premium positioning and constant discounting destroy coherence.”
Definition
The quality of strategic choices and actions reinforcing rather than contradicting one another.
Here “Coherence” means: The quality of strategic choices and actions reinforcing rather than contradicting one another.
Pitch context
You will see “Coherence” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches strategic choices & advantage.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret strategic choices & advantage without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 5
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Strategyzer — Business Model Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- Strategyzer — Value Proposition Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- LEANSTACK — Lean CanvasSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division — Herfindahl-Hirschman IndexSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Census Bureau — Business and economy dataSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16