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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Product Kata |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Troika Consulting |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning. | 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. | When someone needs to sort out a concrete work problem, Troika Consulting offers fast peer consulting with a tight focus. The method brings perspectives together without taking responsibility out of the person's hands. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 Wochen je Loop | 1-2 h | 30-45 min | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 4-12 | 3-30 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning report | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Advice Notes, Next Actions, Peer Insights | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationCoachingLearning | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |