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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 30-60 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |
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