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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 60–90 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |
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