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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Working Backwards |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the target state and benefit need to be clear first, it thinks backward from the desired outcome into the product logic. It sharpens vision, objections, and value proposition before elaboration. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen | 90-180 min | 60-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision Statement | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tags1 shared | VisionNarrativeAlignment | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |