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Criterion
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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Facilitation
Storytelling
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.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h90-180 min45-90 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-82-61-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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