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Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
3-14 Tage45-90 min60-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
50+2-63-62-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Survey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
QuantitativeResearchValidation
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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