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Criterion
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
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.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
60–90 min45-90 min30-60 min
Participantssame
2-82-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping