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Criterion
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
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.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-122-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsRich Picture, Problem Framing Notes
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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