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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 Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
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.A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min2-4 h workshop plus review60–90 min1-2 h Setup
Participantsdifferent
3-84-102-82-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsStrategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
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