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Criterion
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder 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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend45-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
13-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Action Lists, Project List, Review RoutineImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model