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| Criterion | ![]() Knowledge Modeling PARA Method | ![]() Business Strategy McKinsey 7S | ![]() Facilitation Power Interest Grid | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The PARA Method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. It creates order when digital notes, files, and tasks no longer cleanly fit current work. | 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 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance |



