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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Alignment 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. | Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 2-6 h | 1-3 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 2-8 | 5-30 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |