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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
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 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.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
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h60-90 min1-2 h10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-64-124-100+
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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