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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
Stakeholder Mapping
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 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 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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend45-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-63-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S