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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
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.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
45-90 min1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-64-103-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
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CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
InnovationPrototypeResearch
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling