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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  UX Research User Interviews |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 30–60 min per interview | 60–90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1 participant per interview | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |