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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Purposedifferent
A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-104-123-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping