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Paper illustration for VMGS
Business Strategy
VMGS
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's 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
2-4 h1-3 Tage60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-121-42-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, StrategiesArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
VisionGoalsStrategy
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
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Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board