A desired ideal situation to which we constantly want to reach but we can never count on reaching it. It is used in wider sense and even includes Expectation, Driving force, Strategy, Value Proposition and Value.

Core vs Extended

Description

The Vision describes the image which we constantly seek, a desired ideal situation to which we constantly want to reach but we can never count on being able to actually reach to it. The vision is often described as the ''goal in 100 years''. 

Another way of describing the Vision is to compare it with other objectives where the short-term goal is the ''coppice right there'', the long-term goal is the ''mountains in the distance'' and the vision is the ''star in the horizon''. The vision does not need to meet formal requirements of realism, time-dependency or measurability. 

Unlike the goal, the vision does not need to be formulated as a measurable, concrete or tangible thing. It is used in order to point towards a direction, while the goal sticks the flag in the ground in a specific distance. 

Reference to Standards

SKL/Inera: Has Vision with the same meaning. Definition: The future ideal situation for one or multipe organizations trying to reach to. 

Archimate: does not have Vision, but has meta objects for Driver, Meaning and Value. 

TOGAF:  does not have Vision, but has meta object för Driver. 

OMG: Vision is defined in BMM (Business Motivation Model) with the same meaning.