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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 1-2 h | 1-3 Tage | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |