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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 for Kepner-Tregoe
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Kepner-Tregoe
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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
2-4 h2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
4-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Story Map, Release Slices, Backlog CandidatesProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
Tagsno overlap
BacklogJourneyPlanningMVP
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
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ALPEN Method