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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.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
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 minWochen bis Monate je Goal60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-63-102-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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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
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Storytelling