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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of a MoSCoW board with four columns and a visible release boundary.
Delivery
MoSCoW
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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.When a release carries too many demands and priorities are only ever negotiated, MoSCoW creates clear boundaries for the next cut. Must, Should, Could, and Won't make commitment, room for maneuver, and trade-off logic visible to everyone involved.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.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
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-90 min60–90 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-63-122-83-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePrioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff NotesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
PrioritizationScopeDecision
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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