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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Facilitation Dot Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | 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 a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 60-120 min | 2-4 h | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-12 | 3-12 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization |