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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping | ![]() Product Discovery Test Card | ![]() 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. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | 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 | 20-35 min | 25-40 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |



