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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
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
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 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.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.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min45-90 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-82-61-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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