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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|
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 goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |
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