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A paper-based illustration representing Product Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
Product Canvas
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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
Purposedifferent
When product goal and feature scope don't yet fit cleanly together, it creates a shared working picture. It connects need, core features, and assumptions into a solid starting point.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h45-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-82-62-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Canvas, Product Assumptions, Scope NotesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log
Tagsno overlap
CanvasDiscoveryScope
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
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Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration of Lean UX Canvas with its method-specific working model.
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