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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
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.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.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
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-4 h15-45 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-122-82-83-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, DifferentiatorsSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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