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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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.For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.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
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min2-6 h60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Power Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation ActionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram