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| Criterion |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 20-35 min | 45-60 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |