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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Product Vision Board |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 45-120 min | 60–90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Product Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation Questions | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |