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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
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 a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h60–90 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-82-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model