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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test | ![]() Delivery Communication Plan | ![]() Facilitation Storytelling | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Half day | 45-90 min | 45-120 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-6 | 1-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |



