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Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Stakeholder Mapping
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.A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario.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.
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45-90 minHalf day60–90 min
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Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogStress Test Report, Action Plan per ScenarioStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
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StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
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Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model