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Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Purposedifferent
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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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
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Timedifferent
60-90 min15-45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-61-32-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Salience Diagram, Strategy per ClassADR File, Decision Log, RationalePower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram