Structured Analytic Techniques
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Browser-based interactive tools for structured analytic techniques used in intelligence analysis, risk assessment, and strategic decision-making. No account required — all work stays in your browser.
19 of 32 tools available
Getting Organized
Getting Started Checklist
Build an editable checklist with per-item status tracking (not started / in progress / done) and document export.
Open tool →Customer Checklist
Track stakeholder requirements across columns for requirement, priority (H/M/L), and status with inline editing.
Open tool →Stakeholder Map
Plot stakeholders on a live Power-Interest grid with internal/external categorization, labeled relationship lines, dated rating-change notes, merge/split, and bias-source flagging.
Open tool →Reframing Techniques
Problem Statement
Frame who the analysis is for, what gap it addresses, and why — using the '[Stakeholder] needs [need] because [insight]' construction. Flags solution-oriented language, versions every edit, and marks re-anchoring on scope changes.
Open tool →Empathy Map
Capture a subject's Says, Thinks, Does, and Feels (with optional Pains/Gains) — sourced citations, inference flagging, reclassify-without-losing-source, and a Key Assumptions Check hand-off for unstated beliefs.
Open tool →Red Teaming
Adversarial review in a Blue vs. Red split-screen. Each sub-argument gets a structured adversary critique.
Coming soonIdeation Techniques
Mind Maps
Radial idea map with outline view, timed brainwriting rounds, dot-voting, and rich export options.
Open tool →Issue Redefinition
Reframe your analytical question in multiple ways to reveal hidden assumptions and broaden your perspective.
Coming soonAlternative Futures
Define two key drivers and generate a 2×2 quadrant of named, editable scenario cards.
Coming soonStarbursting
Six-point question sweep — Who/What/When/Where/Why/How — with a deferred answer phase, coverage and duplicate guardrails, owner tagging, and KIQ/indicator promotion.
Open tool →How Might We
Turn a Problem Statement into a spread of 'How might we...?' questions using design thinking's eight reframing lenses. Flags scope (too broad / well-scoped / too narrow), versions every wording change, and hands well-scoped HMWs to Mind Map for brainstorming.
Open tool →Exploration Techniques
Sorting & Ranking
Define items and weighted criteria; scores are auto-calculated and items ranked accordingly.
Coming soonNetwork Analysis
Map actors and relationships in a force-directed graph. Inspect degree centrality on click.
Coming soonChronologies
Chronology + visual timeline with gap/cluster flagging, tag color-coding, source-preserving merges, and ACH hand-off.
Open tool →Diagnostic Techniques
Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH)
Classic ACH matrix: rate evidence against hypotheses, auto-rank by inconsistency score.
Open tool →Key Assumptions Check
List, tag, and rate the assumptions beneath your analysis (Solid / Caveated / Unsupported); convert key uncertainties into collection requirements. Seeds from Mind Map, Chronology, and ACH.
Open tool →Argument Mapping
Hierarchical tree of claims, supporting arguments, rebuttals, and evidence with strength ratings.
Coming soonDeception Detection
MIDLIFE-framework checklist with per-indicator rating and a deception likelihood gauge.
Coming soonForesight Techniques
SWOT Analysis
Four-quadrant SWOT matrix with sourced, confidence-rated items; combine items into TOWS-style strategy options.
Open tool →Porter's Five Forces
Rate industry rivalry, new entrants, substitutes, supplier power, and buyer power with sourced evidence and rationale; synthesize an overall attractiveness judgment and version each reassessment over time.
Open tool →Scenario Analysis
Define up to 4 scenarios with driving assumptions, narrative, and probability. Side-by-side comparison view.
Coming soonIndicators Analysis
Build a scenario-organized watch list of observable, collectible indicators; log dated, sourced status updates and see which future the evidence supports. Seeds from ACH and KAC; feeds Chronology.
Open tool →Impact Analysis
Cascade an event into impacts with likelihood, time horizon, and affected stakeholders. Export to Markdown.
Coming soonBayesian Updating
Set priors for competing hypotheses, estimate P(evidence | hypothesis) for each item, and watch posteriors update step by step — with non-diagnostic and double-counting flags, a sensitivity view, change log, versions, and a live-formula Excel export.
Open tool →Monte Carlo Simulation
Model uncertainty by sampling inputs from chosen distributions — normal, beta, power, exponential, correlation-based, or metalog — and simulate a range of outcomes.
Coming soonDecision Support
Decision Trees
Visual decision tree builder with expected value auto-calculated at every chance node.
Coming soonDecision Matrix
Score options against weighted criteria with per-score rationale, contested flags, and a ranked, auditable result. Imports ACH hypotheses.
Open tool →Pros and Cons
Two-column (Pros / Cons) with optional weights and multi-option comparison across up to 4 options.
Coming soonRed-Yellow-Green Matrix
Color-coded status matrix with R/Y/G per cell, auto-summary row, and CSV export.
Coming soonBehavioral & Social Dynamics
Standing Ovation Model
Miller and Page's tipping-point model with a custom-actors extension: set inclinations, thresholds and who observes whom, run it many times, rank which actors swing the outcome, sweep assumptions, and compare variants.
Open tool →Schelling Segregation Model
Schelling's model: agents with a mild preference for similar neighbors relocate until content. Compare tolerances on the same starting grid, step through the moves, and sweep tolerance to find the tipping point.
Open tool →Cellular Automata
Model how a phenomenon spreads across a grid with explicit states and neighbor rules. Run many replicates for probability and time-to-reach maps, scan for weak points, test interventions, and find the assumption that drives the result.
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