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| Criterion |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Operations Eat the Frog |  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. | 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. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 60–90 min | 15-90 min daily | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 1 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |