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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 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 a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 4-12 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation |
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