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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas | ![]() Product Strategy GIST Planning | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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