MSP Tools

In this section, you can access process tools, each serving different purposes. Although there are hundreds of tools available, these have been chosen because they are the ones we find especially useful to support MSPs. For more information on the role of these tools in MSPs, have a read of the MSP Guide, a chapter of which is dedicated to the use of these tools.

At the request of many readers we have compiled these tools into one document to enable easy storing and sharing. You can find the MSP Tool Guide here. 

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1. Introductions25. Adjust Group Size  43. Prototyping 
2. Human Spectrogram 26. Role Plays  44. Prioritising and Ranking  
3. Rich Picture27. Forms of Power  45. Comparing Proposals  
4. Semi-structured Interviews  28. Six Thinking Hats    46. Citizen jury
5. Stakeholder Identification  29. Multiple Perspectives 47. Ritual Dissent  
6. Appreciative Story Telling   30. Power Ranking 48. Card Clustering   
7. Questionnaires; Surveys   31. Guided Fantasy   49. Socratic Dialogue  
8. Problem Definition Worksheet 32. Five Colours of Change  50. A Change of Scene  
9. Ground Rules   33. Combining Ideas That Might Work Together 51. Silence 
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10. Stakeholder Characteristics & Roles Matrix 34. Tuckman (forming, norming, storming, performing)   52. Set Decision Rules  
11. NetMapping   35. Belbin Team Roles  53. Make a Visual Theory of Change 
12. Stakeholder Analysis 36. Scenario Planning  54. Polls  
13. World Café   37. Conflict Styles  55. Fish Bowl 
14. Problem Tree  38. Partnership Agreements  56. Reflection 
15. Timeline 39. Open Space  57. Synthesis   
16. Force Field Analysis  40. Document & Summarise  58. Option One-and-a-Half  
17. Context Immersions  41. Visioning  59. Closing Circle  
18. SWOT Analysis  42. Circle of Coherence  60. Evaluation 
19. Delphi   
20. Visual Reminders 
21. Cynefin Framework 
22. Friends & Strangers 
23. Trendline 
24. Four Quadrants of Change