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| Criterion |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Delivery RAID Log |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | 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 | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-2 h | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 4-12 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMarketAnalysis | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |