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Criterion
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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.When product teams track many metrics, the view of the actual customer outcome easily gets lost. A North Star Metric bundles growth, usage, and value contribution into one signal that makes the system's direction visible.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 many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60–90 min1-2 h45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-82-62-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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