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Criterion
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Purposedifferent
When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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 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.
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Timedifferent
30-90 min15-45 min60-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-201-33-62-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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