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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesRAID Log, Status Report SourceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid