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Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min60–90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-122-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
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Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
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Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model