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Criterion
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper matrix with seven SCAMPER rows, operator prompts and variations for a course portal.
Innovation
SCAMPER
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.For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.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.For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 h60-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-122-83-62-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassSCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
IdeationInnovationCreativity
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation
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