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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |
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