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Criterion
Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
Systems Thinking
Intervention Mapping
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Purposedifferent
Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain.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.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage1-2 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
4-124-126-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation PlanAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
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ChangeSystems thinkingCapability
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S