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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Delivery RAID Log |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | Half day | 1-2 h | 30 min Setup, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 4-12 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | RAID Log, Status Report Source |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance |