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| Criterion |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 45-60 min | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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