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Criterion
Paper illustration of Working Backwards with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Working Backwards
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
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.For a critical top event with several possible triggers, the method logically models failure paths. It makes visible which combinations of conditions can lead to damage.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.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
MediumHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen2-6 h60-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-63-83-62-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision StatementFault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control ActionsSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
VisionNarrativeAlignment
RiskRoot causeSafety
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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