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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy Value Proposition Canvas | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model Canvas | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the value proposition and customer expectation drift apart, it makes fit and mismatch legible. It shows where offering and need don't yet come together. | 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 Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 60–90 min | 1-2 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Value Proposition Canvas, Fit Gaps, Hypotheses | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ValueNeedsStrategy | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |



