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Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Purposedifferent
IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-82-81-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Issue Map, Positions, Argument NotesProduct Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation QuestionsConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
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