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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
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.PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends.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.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h60-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-62-103-62-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
StrategyMarketAnalysis
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
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