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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  Facilitation Alignment 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 demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 1-5 Tage | 25-40 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-5 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |