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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Agile Bucket System |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 1-3 h | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-30 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |
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