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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-6 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |
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