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Criterion
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Purposedifferent
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.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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Power Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping