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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Decision Making RAPID |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-6 | 3-12 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | DecisionRolesGovernance | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |