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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.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
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1-4 Wochen1-2 h60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone5-204-122-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceDiary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
UX researchTrackingBehavior
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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