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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-2 h0.5-2 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-124-122-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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