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Criterion
Paper illustration of Working Backwards with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Working Backwards
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When the target state and benefit need to be clear first, it thinks backward from the desired outcome into the product logic. It sharpens vision, objections, and value proposition before elaboration.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.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
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen10-20 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-64-100+2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision StatementIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
VisionNarrativeAlignment
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model