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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer.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 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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend45–90 min30-60 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-102-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceTheme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areasPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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