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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Product Vision Board |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 45-120 min | 2-4 h | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Product Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation Questions | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |