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Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.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
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsSystem Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation 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