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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Agile ROAM Board |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-8 | 3-15 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | ROAM Board, Owner List | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |