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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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Product Strategy
DIBB
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Facilitation
Storytelling
Purposedifferent
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 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.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 h1-2 h45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-64-122-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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