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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h20–45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12Small cross-functional group
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
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