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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping | ![]() Product Strategy Lean Canvas | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | 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 | 90-180 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |
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