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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Team Charter | ![]() Business Strategy McKinsey 7S | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping | ![]() Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 2-4 h | 1-2 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-12 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tags1 shared | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |



