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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Working Backwards |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |  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. | 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 a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. | 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 | 60-90 min | 1-4 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-6 | 3-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision Statement | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | VisionNarrativeAlignment | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |