Originators
Whose ideas these are.
The people and institutions behind the library, A to Z, each with the frameworks they gave us. Where authorship is genuinely shared or contested, an entry is filed under its lead name and the full provenance sits on the framework's own page. Derived from the data: add a framework and its originator appears here.
A
Francis J. Aguilar
PESTEL Analysis (1967)
Yoji Akao
Hoshin Kanri (1965)
H. Igor Ansoff
Ansoff Matrix (1957)
Institute of Internal Auditors
Three Lines of Defence (2013)
B
Mehrdad Baghai
Three Horizons (1999)
Jay B. Barney
VRIO Framework (1995)
R. Meredith Belbin
Belbin Team Roles (1981)
Edward de Bono
Six Thinking Hats (1985)
John R. Boyd
OODA Loop (1976)
William Bridges
Bridges' Transition Model (1991)
C
Responsibility charting
RACI Matrix (1970)
Clayton M. Christensen
Disruptive Innovation (1995)·Jobs to be Done (2003)
Dai Clegg
MoSCoW Prioritisation (1994)
The UK Design Council
Double Diamond (2005)
Stephen R. Covey
Eisenhower Matrix (1989)
D
US Department of Defense
Risk Matrix (1969)
Jules Dupuit
Cost-Benefit Analysis (1844)
E
Amy C. Edmondson
Team Psychological Safety (1999)
F
Roger Fisher and William Ury
BATNA & ZOPA (1981)
US armed forces (MIL-P-1629)
G
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Theory of Constraints (1984)
Myron J. Gordon and Eli Shapiro
Simple Business Valuation (Multiples & Single-Stage DCF) (1956)
Andrew S. Grove
H
Hamilton Helmer
7 Powers (2016)
Bruce D. Henderson
BCG Growth-Share Matrix (1970)
Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard
Situational Leadership (1969)
Jeff Hiatt
ADKAR Model (2003)
Albert S. Humphrey
SWOT Analysis (1965)
I
IDEO and the Stanford d.school
Design Thinking (2008)
Masaaki Imai
Kaizen (1986)
Global Reporting Initiative
Kaoru Ishikawa
Fishbone Diagram (1943)
J
Robert H. Waterman Jr
McKinsey 7S Framework (1980)
Joseph M. Juran
Pareto Analysis (1951)
K
Kahneman and Tversky
Reference Class Forecasting (1979)
Noriaki Kano
Kano Model (1984)
Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
Balanced Scorecard (1992)·Strategy Maps (2000)
Kepner-Tregoe and Stuart Pugh
W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
Blue Ocean Strategy (2005)
Gary Klein
Pre-mortem (2007)
John P. Kotter
Kotter's 8-Step Change Model (1995)
L
A. G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin
Patrick Lencioni
Kurt Lewin
Lewin's Three-Step Model (1947)
E. St. Elmo Lewis
AIDA (1898)
M
John F. Magee
Decision Trees (1964)
Ash Maurya
Lean Canvas (2010)
Sean McBride
RICE Prioritisation (2016)
E. Jerome McCarthy
Marketing Mix (4Ps) (1960)
McKinsey & Company
GE–McKinsey Nine-Box Matrix (1971)·Issue Trees & MECE (1999)
Aubrey L. Mendelow
Barbara Minto
Pyramid Principle (SCQA) (1987)
Geoffrey A. Moore
Crossing the Chasm (1991)
Motorola
DMAIC (1986)
N
Thomas T. Nagle
Value-Based Pricing (1987)
O
Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
Business Model Canvas (2010)·Value Proposition Canvas (2014)
P
Michael E. Porter
Porter's Five Forces (1979)·Porter's Generic Strategies (1980)·Value Chain Analysis (1985)
Lean Six Sigma practice
Impact-Effort Matrix (1990)
Professional accounting practice
Financial Ratio Analysis (1920)
Standard management accounting practice
Cash Flow Forecasting (2008)
C. K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel
Core Competence Analysis (1990)
Q
Robert E. Quinn and John Rohrbaugh
Competing Values Framework (1983)
R
Walter Rautenstrauch
Break-even Analysis (1930)
Fred Reichheld
Net Promoter Score (2003)
Eric Ries
Build-Measure-Learn (2011)
Paul Rogers and Marcia Blenko
RAPID Decision Roles (2006)
Mike Rother and John Shook
Value Stream Mapping (1998)
Richard P. Rumelt
S
Edgar H. Schein
Pierre Wack, Royal Dutch Shell
Scenario Planning (1985)
Walter A. Shewhart and W. Edwards Deming
PDCA Cycle (1950)
G. Lynn Shostack
Customer Journey Mapping (1984)·Service Blueprint (1984)
Six Sigma and TQM practice
SIPOC (1990)
Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais
Team Topologies (2019)
David Skok
Unit Economics (2010)
Wendell R. Smith
Dave Snowden
Cynefin Framework (1999)
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
T
Renato Tagiuri and John A. Davis
Teresa Torres
Opportunity Solution Tree (2016)
Sakichi Toyoda
Five Whys (1988)
Bruce W. Tuckman
W
Simon Wardley
Wardley Mapping (2005)
Heinz Weihrich
TOWS Matrix (1982)
John Whitmore
GROW Model (1992)