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Story Splitting method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Story Splitting
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Purposedifferent
When a story becomes too large for a clean flow, it breaks scope down along value and risk. It shapes the work into a form that ships earlier and is easier to verify.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 an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-2 h45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-64-121-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split RationaleAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
BacklogIterationDelivery
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model