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| Criterion |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 20–45 min | 60-120 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | Small cross-functional group | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |