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Criterion
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Purposedifferent
When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.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.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min60–90 min1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-82-81-4
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram