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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsRAID Log, Status Report SourceKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
KnowledgeMappingRisk
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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