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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  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 three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 15-45 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantssame | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |