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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping | ![]() Facilitation Power Interest Grid | ![]() Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics |
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