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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage45-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
6-122-62-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling