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| Criterion |  Agile Scrum |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain. | 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 | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 2-4 h | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 3-12 | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | AgileIterationCadence | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |