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Criterion
Paper illustration for Open Space Technology.
Facilitation
Open Space Technology
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Purposedifferent
When a complex topic does not yet have a fitting agenda, Open Space Technology hands topic ownership back to the participants. The format suits questions that only move forward when real interest determines the order.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.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage1-2 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
20-500+4-122-4 pro Pitch3-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Session Marketplace, Proceedings, Action TopicsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupAutonomy
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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