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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 2-4 h | 1-3 h pro Pattern |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling |
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