This set of strategy alignment methods is divided into three main categories.
- Those Strategy Alignment methods classified as "Tracing" are methods supporting alignment activities that base alignment on tracing.
- Those Strategy Alignment methods classified as "Scoring" are methods supporting alignment activities that base alignment on scoring.
- Those Strategy Alignment methods classified as "Decomposition" are methods supporting alignment activities that base alignment on the decomposition of strategies.
The mission of these communities is to:
- Improve the practices within their focus area
- Help participants submit documented processes to the IPM Alliance for APM certification
- Mentor and provide role models to the community's participants
- Collect and distribute shared resources and information
- Apply methods towards social innovation