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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Product Discovery Smoke 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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |
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