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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Growth North Star Metric |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  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. | When product teams track many metrics, the view of the actual customer outcome easily gets lost. A North Star Metric bundles growth, usage, and value contribution into one signal that makes the system's direction visible. | 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 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 | 1-2 h | 2-4 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tags1 shared | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |