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Criterion
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Purposedifferent
For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.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.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 h1-2 h90-180 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-124-123-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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