Strategy map
Also called: strategic map
ELI5
A map showing how strategic goals are supposed to cause one another.
Used in conversation
“The strategy map makes the missing capability investment visible.”
Definition
A visual showing causal links between strategic objectives, often across financial, customer, process and capability perspectives.
Here “Strategy map” means: A visual showing causal links between strategic objectives, often across financial, customer, process and capability perspectives.
Pitch context
You will see “Strategy map” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches strategy frameworks & analysis.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret strategy frameworks & analysis 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