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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Delivery Value Stream 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. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-6 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | LeanFlowWasteDelivery |
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