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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Delivery RAID Log |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | 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 | High | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 60–90 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |