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| Criterion |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 60–90 min | 30-90 min | 15-45 min |
Participantssame | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |