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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
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 a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time.Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list.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.
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Timedifferent
30-90 minHalf day60-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-123-83-64-12
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Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
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Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesValue Chain Map, Lever ListSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
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TimelineFacilitationSequence
StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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