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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 60-120 min | 1-2 h Setup | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 5-12 | 2-20 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |