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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | 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. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-2 h | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 4-12 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |