Origins
The VMOST framework is a practical evolution of the M.O.S.T. analysis technique used by Business Analysts to perform an internal environmental analysis or the organisation.
M.O.S.T. is an accepted BA consultancy tool, often used along side other techniques such as PESTLE (for external environmental analysis) and SWOT (to bridge both internal and external environments).
While M.O.S.T. documents strategies and tactics in the context of the overall company mission statement, it does so for a specific point in time. It doesn’t address factors such as how to deal with:
• prioritisation of the tactics,
• planning and budgeting, or
• pivoting ideas / tactics as a response to changes in the organisation or industry / marketplace.
VMOST was created to address these deficits by using techniques adopted from Agile software development.