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| Criterion |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 60-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 15-200 | 3-6 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tags1 shared | FacilitationOptionsDecision | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |