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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Facilitation Question Burst |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. | 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. | When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 15-30 min | 60–90 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |