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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Innovation Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 1-3 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-30 | 10-50 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |