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Criterion
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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 a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30–60 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-64-82-4 pro Pitch2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceEmpathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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