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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
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
Purposedifferent
Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.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.McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result.
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Half day30-90 min30-60 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
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Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
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