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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Power Interest Grid | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop | ![]() Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-30 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |
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