playbook
Coach's tactical reference
A playbook is a collection of strategies, tactics, or standard procedures.
Originally from American football, where it contains diagrams of offensive and defensive plays, the term now applies broadly to any systematic approach: the political playbook, the corporate playbook.
To run the same playbook is to use familiar tactics; to throw out the playbook is to improvise.
Creation or arrangement
- playcallingSelecting offensive plays
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- defenseProtection against harm
- coachOne who instructs
drills · scrimmage · teamwork · quarterback · lineup · audible · blitz · coverage
Methods to achieve goals
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
- executionCompleting a planned task
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
negotiation · positioning · countermove · contingency · scenario · pivot · alignment · chess
Written words for performance
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- cuesSignals prompting action
- directionWay something faces
rehearsal · entrances · exits · choreography · dialogue
Compact reference guide
- manualWritten instructions for use
- how-toPractical instruction format
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
- instructionsGuidance on how to proceed
reference · primer · tutorial · checklist · template · protocol · procedures · guidelines
Underlying support system
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- go-to-marketSelling and distribution plan
onboarding · rollout · stakeholder · KPI · metrics · pipeline · synergy · differentiation
formation
Creation or arrangement
- playcallingSelecting offensive plays
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- defenseProtection against harm
coach · drills · scrimmage · teamwork · quarterback · lineup · audible · blitz · coverage · huddle
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
- executionCompleting a planned task
leverage · negotiation · positioning · countermove · contingency · scenario · pivot · alignment · chess · diplomacy
script
Written words for performance
direction · rehearsal · entrances · exits · choreography · dialogue
handbook
Compact reference guide
- manualWritten instructions for use
- how-toPractical instruction format
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
instructions · reference · primer · tutorial · checklist · template · protocol · procedures · guidelines · methodology
framework
Underlying support system
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
go-to-market · onboarding · rollout · stakeholder · KPI · metrics · pipeline · synergy · differentiation · analytics
- youth footballflag football, tackle football, touch football, pee wee football, junior league
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, quarterback, end zone
- coachinghead coach, life coaching, mentorship, executive coaching, fitness coach
- coaching termswhistle, clipboard, strategy, timeout, roster
- manualsuser manual, manual, handbook, product manual, service manual
- methodsmethod, approach, way, technique, procedure
playbookimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
winging it · ad-libbing · spontaneity · flying by the seat of your pants · extemporization
playbookuncharted territory
Unmapped, unexplored area
experimentation · innovation · mold-breaking · thinking outside the box · blank slate