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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
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 target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions.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
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 Tage30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-6Internes Team2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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Alignment Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
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Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
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Stakeholder Salience Model
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Storytelling