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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-82-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleProduct Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation QuestionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
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SensemakingDecisionRationale
VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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