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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Operations Getting Things Done |  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 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. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 60–90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 1 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |