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| Criterion |  Business Strategy VMGS |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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 change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 20–45 min | 60–90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | Small cross-functional group | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, Strategies | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | VisionGoalsStrategy | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ChangeDecisionStrategy |