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Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
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.McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
60–90 min2-4 h1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-83-12Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid