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Criterion
Paper illustration of Working Backwards with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Working Backwards
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen15-45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-61-32-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision StatementADR File, Decision Log, RationalePower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
VisionNarrativeAlignment
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling