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Paper illustration for Troika Consulting.
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Troika Consulting
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When someone needs to sort out a concrete work problem, Troika Consulting offers fast peer consulting with a tight focus. The method brings perspectives together without taking responsibility out of the person's hands.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.When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.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
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-45 min1-2 h60-120 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-304-125-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Advice Notes, Next Actions, Peer InsightsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group PriorityStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tags1 shared
FacilitationCoachingLearning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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