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Criterion
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend1-3 h60-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
12-83-64-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Action Lists, Project List, Review RoutineContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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