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Criterion
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min45-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-63-122-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
DecisionRolesGovernance
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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