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Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
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.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
3-14 Tage45-120 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
50+3-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Survey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
QuantitativeResearchValidation
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
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3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S