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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-63-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping