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Criterion
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
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 early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min20–45 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-8Small cross-functional group1-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Power Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model