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Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
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.SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
60–90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesSWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
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Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
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PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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