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Criterion
Paper illustration of a horizontal story map with an activity backbone, task cards below it and a cross-map release line.
Product Discovery
User Story Mapping
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When user goals and delivery scope could drift apart, it orders the journey from goal to slice. It makes visible where an MVP can genuinely be cut.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-3 h60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-105-302-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Story Map, Release Slices, Backlog CandidatesConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
BacklogJourneyPlanningMVP
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram