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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Product Discovery Smoke 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 only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | 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 | Low | 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 | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |