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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Innovation TRIZ |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 60–90 min | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity |
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