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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Operations Change Analysis |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 45-90 min | 45-120 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |