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Criterion
Paper illustration of Working Backwards with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Working Backwards
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
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.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen45-90 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-62-83-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision StatementRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
VisionNarrativeAlignment
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid