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| Criterion |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 90-180 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-6 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ChangeDecisionStrategy | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |
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