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Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min30-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-52-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListRich Picture, Problem Framing NotesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model