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Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
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 an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
60–90 min1-2 Wochen pro Iteration
Participantsdifferent
2-82-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesPrioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test