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| Criterion |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | 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. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 1-2 h | 1-3 h | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-12 | 2-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StrategyMarketAnalysis | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |