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| Criterion |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 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. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 60–90 min | 60-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 3-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tags1 shared | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |