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| Criterion |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | 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 | 30-60 min | 60–90 min | 45-120 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |