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Criterion
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Purposedifferent
When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h45-90 min60-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-122-83-62-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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