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Criterion
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.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.The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-2 h30-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-121-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning PlanStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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