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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy Lean Canvas | ![]() Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | StrategyMetricsExecution | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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