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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | 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 a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-2 h | 15-45 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-12 | 1-10 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeMappingRisk | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance |