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Criterion
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
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 there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.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.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min30-120 min60–90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-62-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Power Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderObservation Notes, Improvement IdeasStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
LeanObservationProcessOperations
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
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