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| Criterion |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-12 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |