At the start of a Balanced Scorecard project, the perspectives should be specified within the strategic plan. These perspectives are valid for all corporate scorecards.

The Perspective object type is available for this purpose. Perspectives can be modeled in the BSC cause-and-effect diagram.

Perspectives are linked via the is influenced by connection. There is no need to define a specific sequence. However, establishing a logical structure (with the individual perspectives arranged in a sequence) considerably simplifies automatic generation of a model. Furthermore, the logical structure of the cause-and-effect chain becomes more transparent.