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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Decision Making DACI |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | 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. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 2-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |