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| Criterion |  Delivery RAID Log |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 4-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | InnovationPrototypeResearch | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |