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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model Canvas | ![]() Product Strategy Lean Canvas | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder 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 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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