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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Product Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
Product Canvas
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment 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.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team.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
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-82-4 pro Pitch2-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Canvas, Product Assumptions, Scope NotesPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesProduct Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation QuestionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
CanvasDiscoveryScope
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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