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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Agile ROAM Board |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | 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 work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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 | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 60–90 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 3-15 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | ROAM Board, Owner List | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |