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| Criterion |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Product Discovery Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | 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 hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 20-35 min | 1-2 h | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1-5 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Prioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis |