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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | 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. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60–90 min | 1-3 h | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 5-30 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |