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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 2-4 h | 1-2 h | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 3-12 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tags1 shared | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |