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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | 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 stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 60–90 min | 60-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 3-6 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |