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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 2-4 h | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |
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