methodatlas
Compare

View methods side by side.

Choose up to four methods. Add them using the search and share the comparison by copying its link.

Criterion
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
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.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.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
LowMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min60-90 min1-4 h60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-62-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Power Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
Add more methods