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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.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
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min30-60 min45-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-103-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Power Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
DecisionRolesGovernance
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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