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Criterion
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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.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
60-120 min15-45 min60-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-101-33-62-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis QuestionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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