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Criterion
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change 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.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60–90 min15-45 min60-90 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-83-62-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, DifferentiatorsSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
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