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| Criterion |  Facilitation Problem Framing Workshop |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other. | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 45-60 min | 1-2 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis Questions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |