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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
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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.When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.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.
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Timedifferent
45-90 min60-120 min10-20 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-85-124-100+4-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group PriorityIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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