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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 of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timesame
1-2 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-81-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Canvas, Product Assumptions, Scope NotesConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
CanvasDiscoveryScope
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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