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| Criterion |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Decision Making OODA Loop |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia. | When a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 15-60 min je Zyklus | 1-3 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1-8 | 3-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |