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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder 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.In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min30-60 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-1212-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next ActionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
TimelineFacilitationSequence
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model