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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min90-180 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-63-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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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 Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping