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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h60–90 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-122-83-15
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesROAM Board, Owner List
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AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
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