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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 2-4 h | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-6 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |