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Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 h60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-85-302-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
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FlowMeasurementConstraints
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram