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Criterion
Paper illustration for VMGS
Business Strategy
VMGS
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team.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
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-4 Wochen1-2 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-126-30 Experten2-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, StrategiesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesProduct Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation QuestionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tags1 shared
VisionGoalsStrategy
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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