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| Criterion |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 5-30 | 3-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | KPI Tree, Owner List | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |