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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.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.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min60-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-63-62-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
FlowMeasurementConstraints
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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