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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Question Burst |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 15-30 min | 60-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-6 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tags1 shared | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |