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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | FlowMeasurementConstraints | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |
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