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Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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 stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-60 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
FlowMeasurementConstraints
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping