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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Architecture Risk Storming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | 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. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-60 min | 1-3 h | 60–90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-30 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation |