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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
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
Half day30-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid