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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. | The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation |