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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Delivery RAID Log |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  Facilitation Alignment 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |