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Criterion
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.
UX Research
Customer Journey Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
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.When a user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately.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.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-120 min2-4 h60-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-64-103-64-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcJourney Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
JourneyServiceService design
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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