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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder 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.When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.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
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min4-5 Tage60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-65-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling