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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | 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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60–90 min | 30-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | ChangeDecisionStrategy |