Strategy, Risk & Executive Reporting

What SRE-001 to SRE-020 cover

This is the last mile: turning evidence into something a management committee will sign off on, with the uncertainty still visible.

Framing and options (SRE-001 to SRE-006) restates the strategic decision in a form someone can act on, scores market attractiveness, compares countries and markets, designs entry options, tests strategic fit against capability gaps, and builds scenarios.

Assumptions and risk (SRE-007 to SRE-015) maintains an assumption register and dependency map, builds a risk taxonomy and register, scores and prioritises risks, runs a policy and regulatory shock scenario, tests commercial downside and sensitivity, assesses execution readiness, measures partner dependency and concentration risk, records evidence gaps as research priorities, and defines early-warning indicators.

Decision and reporting (SRE-016 to SRE-020) designs the go or no-go gate, evaluates strategy options against it, red-teams the result, and produces the executive decision memo and board narrative.

Questions about this toolkit

What makes a recommendation reviewable?

That every figure traces back to a named Source ID, and the assumptions it rests on are listed separately from the evidence. SRE-007 keeps the assumption register, SRE-014 records what is still unknown, and SRE-019 assembles the memo so a reviewer can challenge the reasoning rather than just the number.

Do I need the other toolkits first?

No, but this one assumes you already have evidence to work with. If you are still gathering it, start with Core Market Intelligence, or with the specialist toolkit that matches your question.

What does the red-team card actually do?

SRE-018 attacks your own strategy before someone else does. It is paired with the go or no-go gate designed in SRE-016, so the review tests the recommendation against criteria that were written down before the conclusion was reached, not after.

What belongs in the assumption register?

Anything the recommendation depends on that the evidence does not establish. SRE-007 maintains the register and the dependency map alongside the evidence rather than buried inside it, SRE-014 records what is still unknown as a research priority instead of a footnote, and SRE-015 defines the early-warning indicators that would tell you an assumption has broken before the outcome does.