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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Purposedifferent
When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-62-82-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesCounter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
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