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| Criterion |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day. | 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. | When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 1-2 h | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident |
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