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| Criterion |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  Systems Thinking Soft Systems Methodology |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action. | 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. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 0.5-3 Tage | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-15 | 3-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Rich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change Agenda | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders |