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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy VRIO Framework | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop | ![]() Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 1-3 h | 20-45 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 5-30 | 4-10 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |



