Strategy Evaluation Tool

• See the entire strategy hypothesis, key choices and assumptions, on a single page, drawn from every tool.
• Judge readiness against evaluation criteria tuned to the stage and the type of project.
• Support disciplined Continue / Pivot / Pause / Stop decisions grounded in evidence.
• Generate a stakeholder-ready briefing without rebuilding it by hand.

• Strategy-on-a-Page summary across all six BRI Strategy Framework dimensions.
• Evaluation against dozens of criteria, derived from decades of practitioner experience, customized and prioritized per portfolio, growing in number and rigor across stages.
• Evidence scoring, completion and pass dashboards, and a desirability/feasibility/viability view.
• AI Summary Assistants generate SWOT analysis, DFV framework summaries, observations, and next steps.
• Printable, shareable evaluation report.

1. Build the strategy hypothesis model in the upstream strategy-modeling tools, following the organization's and portfolio's customizable innovation methodology.
2. Set the stage. Choose the project's methodology pipeline stage and confirm spent vs. allocated resources.
3. Score the evidence. Rate the evidence behind each criterion and note gaps.
4. Review the evaluation summary. Generate the Strategy-on-a-Page summary and the framework dashboards.
5. Prepare the decision. Assess readiness against the stage's criteria and capture observations and next steps, the stage-gate Continue / Pivot / Pause / Stop investment decision itself is recorded in the Decision Making tool and reflected in the Portfolio Management dashboard.

What is Strategy Evaluation in Growth Forge?

It's the tool that aggregates your whole strategy hypothesis onto one page and scores its readiness for a stage-gate review. It rolls up the choices, assumptions, and evidence from every upstream tool and measures them against the current stage's evaluation criteria, it summarizes and assesses; it doesn't create new strategy content.

How do I run a stage-gate review or evaluate a new business idea?

Build the strategy in the upstream tools, set the project's stage, and score the evidence behind each criterion. Strategy Evaluation gives you the Strategy-on-a-Page summary and readiness dashboards to run the review; the actual Continue / Pivot / Pause / Stop investment decision is then framed and recorded in the Decision Making tool.

What are the possible outcomes, and where is the decision actually made?

The outcomes are Continue, Pivot, Pause, or Stop, and Stop is a first-class, healthy outcome, not a failure. Strategy Evaluation assesses readiness; the decision framing and recommendation and the decision outcome are captured in the Decision Making tool and reflected in the Portfolio Management dashboard, so evaluation and the investment decision stay distinct.

How many evaluation criteria are there?

By default, the software includes dozens, derived from decades of practitioner experience and customized and prioritized per portfolio; the number and rigor grow across stages as the strategy matures and the investment level rises. Enterprise clients can customize or substitute their own criteria, if desired.

Does it create new strategy content?

No, it reads and summarizes the work done in the other tools. Its job is to make readiness visible and comparable, not to author strategy.

What does it connect to?

It reads from every upstream strategy-modeling tool and feeds the Decision Making tool and the Portfolio Management dashboard.