This guide is structured following the various dimensions of the diamond of alignment, a

conceptual instrument that reflects the process of sociotechnical alignment essential to

all processes of building sociotechnical constituencies and innovation. It is an

instrument to capture process evolution and can be used recurrently in the course of an

innovation process to assess the strengths and weaknesses (i.e., quality) of its alignments

and, thus, the effectiveness of the strategies pursued until then. The guide can also be

used to research and map the history of the alignment processes since their birth.