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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Purposedifferent
For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.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 stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
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Timedifferent
1-3 hWochen bis Monate je Goal30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-102-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
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FlowMeasurementConstraints
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Impact Filter
Decision Making
Impact Filter
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping