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Criterion
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
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.When target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions.When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 Tage60-120 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12Internes Team4-103-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsPersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesProblem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis QuestionsSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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