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A paper-based illustration representing Product Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
Product Canvas
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Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Canvas, Product Assumptions, Scope NotesKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanIssue Map, Positions, Argument Notes
Tagsno overlap
CanvasDiscoveryScope
KnowledgeMappingRisk
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of Lean UX Canvas with its method-specific working model.
UX Design
Lean UX Canvas