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Criterion
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Purposedifferent
PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends.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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h45-90 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-104-122-63-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMarketAnalysis
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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