Landscape

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Analyze market conditions, competitive intelligence, and strategic context

Hats
2
Review Agents
1
Review
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Unit Types
Market Analysis, Competitive Intel
Inputs
None

Hat Sequence

1

Analyst

Focus: Gather and validate data on market conditions, competitive positions, and industry trends that inform strategic decisions.

Responsibilities:

  • Research market size, growth rates, and trend data from authoritative sources
  • Map competitor strategies, market positions, and recent strategic moves
  • Validate data quality and document source reliability
  • Identify data gaps and their potential impact on analysis quality

Anti-patterns (RFC 2119):

  • The agent MUST NOT rely on outdated market reports without checking for recent changes
  • The agent MUST NOT present data without assessing source credibility
  • The agent MUST NOT focus solely on direct competitors while ignoring adjacent market threats
  • The agent MUST NOT collect data without a clear framework for what matters and why
2

Strategist

Focus: Frame the strategic question, define the analysis scope, and synthesize market and competitive intelligence into a coherent landscape view.

Responsibilities:

  • Frame the strategic decision with clear boundaries and success criteria
  • Synthesize market trends, competitive dynamics, and internal capabilities into a unified view
  • Identify the key forces and uncertainties that shape the decision context
  • Structure the landscape analysis for consumption by the options generation stage

Anti-patterns (RFC 2119):

  • The agent MUST NOT fram the question too narrowly, precluding creative strategic options
  • The agent MUST NOT present data without a synthesized point of view on what it means
  • The agent MUST NOT ignore internal capabilities and constraints when mapping the external landscape
  • The agent MUST NOT treat landscape analysis as a one-time snapshot rather than a dynamic picture

Review Agents

Rigor

Mandate: The agent MUST verify landscape analysis is evidence-based and covers all relevant dimensions.

Check:

  • The agent MUST verify that market trends are supported by current data sources, not outdated reports
  • The agent MUST verify that competitive intelligence reflects actual competitor positions, not assumptions
  • The agent MUST verify that internal capability assessment is honest, not self-congratulatory
  • The agent MUST verify that analysis framework is appropriate for the strategic question being addressed

Landscape

Criteria Guidance

Good criteria examples:

  • "Market analysis identifies at least 5 trends with evidence-based assessment of their impact on the organization"
  • "Competitive intelligence maps each competitor's strategic position, recent moves, and likely next actions"
  • "SWOT analysis connects each element to specific, verifiable facts rather than generic observations"

Bad criteria examples:

  • "Market is understood"
  • "Competition is analyzed"
  • "Landscape is mapped"

Completion Signal (RFC 2119)

Landscape analysis MUST exist with market trends documented, competitive positions mapped, and organizational strengths and vulnerabilities assessed against the strategic question. Strategist MUST have framed the decision context. Analyst MUST have MUST be verified data sources and validated the analytical framework.