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| Criterion |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | 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 | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 1-3 h | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | FlowMeasurementConstraints | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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