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Criterion
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
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.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
60-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage1-2 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Salience Diagram, Strategy per ClassSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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