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| Criterion |  Facilitation Question Burst |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 15-45 min | 60-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-10 | 3-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tags1 shared | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |