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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 45-60 min |
Participantssame | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |
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