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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Facilitation Alignment 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. | 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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 60–90 min | 1-2 h Setup | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 2-8 | 2-20 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tags1 shared | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |