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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-5 Tage30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12Nutzertraffic2-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test