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Criterion
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
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 many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min30-60 min20–45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-82-8Small cross-functional group
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping