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Criterion
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
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-62-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
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OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
DecisionTreeOptions
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
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Cost of Delay