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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
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.The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
4-121-5
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StartupValidationCompetition
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Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
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Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram