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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Product Vision Board |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | 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 | Low | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 60–90 min | Half day | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Product Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation Questions | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |