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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 45-60 min | 60-90 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 3-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |