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Criterion
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Purposedifferent
When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.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.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
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-84-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid