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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h60–90 min1-2 h10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-84-124-100+
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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