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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | 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 topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 4-12 | 4-12 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationOptionsDecision | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance |