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| Criterion |  Architecture C4 Model |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. | 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 an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 60–90 min | 45-120 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance |