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| Criterion |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | SensemakingDecisionRationale | StrategyMetricsExecution | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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