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| Criterion |  Business Strategy TOWS Matrix |  Delivery RAID Log |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The TOWS Matrix connects internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats into action-oriented strategies. It goes a step further than a pure stocktaking. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | 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 | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 60-120 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 4-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | TOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority Actions | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisOptions | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |