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# Run Seven Degrees of Freedom in StratEngine

> Run Seven Degrees of Freedom in StratEngine to compare seven growth paths for your company and get a growth roadmap. Needs Professional.

Seven Degrees of Freedom in StratEngine looks at seven different paths to growth, from selling more to existing customers to entering new competitive arenas, and finishes with a roadmap that prioritizes them for your company. You need the Professional plan or higher, or a pay-as-you-go account.

<Note>
  Seven Degrees of Freedom is included in the Professional plan and higher, and pay-as-you-go accounts can run it too. It carries the **Advanced** badge. On Free and Essential, its card shows **Upgrade** instead of **Select**. See [Strategy plans](/docs/strategy/billing/plans).
</Note>

## When to use it

* You want a wider set of growth options than new products or new markets alone.
* Growth has stalled and you want to check which paths you haven't explored.
* You need to rank growth initiatives against a limited budget and team.

## What you get

The result opens on the **Components** tab. **Framework Summary** gives an **Executive Summary**, and **Sources** lists what the analysis cited.

Under **Framework Details**, you get one section for each part of the framework:

* **Existing Customer Maximization**
* **New Customer Acquisition**
* **Product Innovation**
* **Value Delivery Enhancement**
* **Geographic Expansion**
* **Industry Structure Evolution**
* **New Competitive Arenas**
* **Strategic Growth Roadmap**

Standard and Deep runs also fill the **Momentum** tab (trends affecting the company), which means Essential and higher plans, or pay-as-you-go at Standard or Deep. Deep runs add the **Assumptions** tab (what the analysis depends on, by risk), which means Professional, or pay-as-you-go at Deep. See [Work with framework results](/docs/strategy/framework-results) and [Analysis depth](/docs/strategy/analysis-depth).

## Run it

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Generate Framework">
    In the side menu, under **Quick Frameworks**, click **Generate Framework**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Seven Degrees of Freedom">
    Under **Select Framework**, find **Seven Degrees of Freedom** in the **Market & Product Strategy** group and click **Select**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Describe the business">
    Fill in the **Business Context** fields: company name, business summary, industry, target customer and so on. See [Generate a framework](/docs/strategy/generate-framework) for what each field needs, and for loading a saved company or autofilling from a document.

    Then, under **Framework Inputs (Optional)**, answer the questions specific to Seven Degrees of Freedom:

    | Field | What to enter |
    | - | - |
    | **Current Growth Constraints** | What limits growth today: capacity, funding, saturation, competition, regulation. |
    | **Existing Customer Dynamics** | Purchase patterns, satisfaction and untapped potential with current customers. |
    | **Core Capabilities & Assets** | Strengths, technologies or resources you could build on to expand. |
    | **Growth Resources & Timeline** | Budget, team capacity and time frame for growth initiatives. |
    | **Strategic Partnership Potential** | Companies, suppliers or industry players that could be growth partners. |
    | **Innovation & Development Capacity** | Your ability to develop new products or improve delivery: R\&D resources, track record. |
    | **Geographic Expansion Considerations** | Markets you're considering and the regulatory, cultural or competitive factors involved. |

    Click **Continue**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a depth and generate">
    On a subscription plan there's no depth choice here: the framework runs at the deepest depth your plan includes. On pay-as-you-go, choose **Quick Scan**, **Standard** or **Deep** under **Analysis depth**. Click **Generate Framework**. The app shows the processing time for that depth, from **\~2 min** for Quick Scan to **\~8 min** for Deep.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Related

* [Run Product-Market Growth Matrix in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/ansoff)
* [Run Three Horizons in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/three-horizons)
* [Run Play to Win in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/play-to-win)
* [Work with framework results](/docs/strategy/framework-results)


## Related topics

- [Run Play to Win in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/play-to-win.md)
- [Run Product-Market Growth Matrix in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/ansoff.md)
- [Run McKinsey 7-S in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/mckinsey-7s.md)
- [Run VRIO in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/vrio.md)
- [Run SWOT in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/swot.md)


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