Reference

Canvas index

All canvases, card decks and catalogs, classified by kind and filtered by audience, topic, output type, and scale

Every object in the Boundaryless catalogue, with metadata for filtering. Kind classifies what the object is: a canvas is a structured worksheet you fill in during a technique; a card deck is a set of printable cards you play against a situation; a catalog is a named library of moves with no physical artifact. Every object also carries a roleworksheet or heuristic — and the heuristics form the heuristics library. Each page lists the techniques and pipelines it is used in.

Full index

NameKindToolkitStatusAudienceWorking onOutputScale
Arena Scan CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersEcosystem MarketVisual MapsEcosystem Level
Ecosystem Scan CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersEcosystem MarketVisual MapsEcosystem Level
VRIO Analysis CanvasCanvasPDTstableSenior LeadershipStrategy DirectionStructured CanvasesCapabilities Assets
Wardley Map CanvasCanvasPDTstableSenior Leadership, Teams & ManagersStrategy Direction, Ecosystem MarketVisual MapsEcosystem Level
Brief Consolidation CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersStrategy DirectionStructured CanvasesOrganization Level
Pattern CardsCard deckPDTstableTeams & ManagersEcosystem Market, Strategy DirectionOperational ToolsEcosystem Level
Platform PlaysCatalogPDTstableTeams & Managers, Senior LeadershipEcosystem Market, Strategy DirectionOperational ToolsEcosystem Level
Ecosystem CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersEcosystem MarketVisual MapsEcosystem Level
Entity Portrait CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersEcosystem Market, Products PlatformsStructured CanvasesEcosystem Level
Motivations Matrix CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersEcosystem MarketStructured CanvasesEcosystem Level
Platform Experience CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersEcosystem Market, Products PlatformsStructured CanvasesEcosystem Level, Unit Product Level
Flywheel Sketching CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersGrowth Network EffectsVisual MapsOrganization Level
Flywheel CardsCard deckPDTstableTeams & ManagersGrowth Network EffectsOperational ToolsOrganization Level
Platform Design CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersProducts Platforms, Strategy DirectionStructured CanvasesOrganization Level
Transactions Board CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersProducts PlatformsStructured CanvasesOrganization Level
Liquidity CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersGrowth Network Effects, Products PlatformsStructured CanvasesOrganization Level
Growth Tactics CardsCard deckPDTstableTeams & ManagersGrowth Network EffectsOperational ToolsCapabilities Assets
Platform Strategy Model CanvasCanvasPDTbetaSenior Leadership, Teams & ManagersStrategy Direction, Products PlatformsStructured CanvasesOrganization Level
Network Properties & NFX CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersGrowth Network EffectsVisual MapsCapabilities Assets
Minimum Viable Platform CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersProducts Platforms, Experiments ValidationStructured CanvasesUnit Product Level
Learning Engine CanvasCanvasPDTstableTeams & ManagersProducts PlatformsStructured CanvasesOrganization Level
Growth Model CanvasCanvasPDTdraftTeams & ManagersGrowth Network EffectsOperational ToolsOrganization Level
Principles of Platform DesignCard deckPDTstableSenior Leadership, Teams & ManagersStrategy DirectionOperational ToolsEcosystem Level
3EO Organizational Experiment CanvasCanvas3EOstableTeams & ManagersExperiments ValidationStructured CanvasesUnit Product Level
Envisioning CanvasCanvas3EOstableSenior LeadershipStrategy DirectionStructured CanvasesOrganization Level
Strategy Setting CanvasCanvas3EOstableSenior LeadershipStrategy DirectionStructured CanvasesOrganization Level
The 3EO MapCanvas3EOstableSenior Leadership, Teams & ManagersOrganizational DesignVisual MapsOrganization Level
Ecosystem Micro Community CanvasCanvas3EOstableTeams & ManagersOrganizational DesignStructured CanvasesOrganization Level
Micro-Enterprise CanvasCanvas3EOstableTeams & ManagersOrganizational Design, Products PlatformsStructured CanvasesUnit Product Level
Value Adjustment Mechanism CanvasCanvas3EOstableTeams & ManagersOrganizational Design, Growth Network EffectsStructured CanvasesUnit Product Level
Portfolio Map CanvasCanvasPortfoliobetaSenior Leadership, Teams & ManagersStrategy Direction, Organizational Design, Ecosystem Market, Products PlatformsVisual Maps, Operational ToolsEcosystem Level, Organization Level

Filter dimensions

Audience (who)

  • Senior Leadership
  • Teams & Managers

What working on

  • Strategy & Direction
  • Organizational Design
  • Ecosystem & Market
  • Products & Platforms
  • Growth & Network Effects
  • Experiments & Validation

Output type

  • Visual Maps
  • Structured Canvases
  • Operational Tools

Scale

  • Ecosystem Level
  • Organization Level
  • Unit/Product Level
  • Capabilities & Assets