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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 hWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
4-123-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model