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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  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 decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | 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 | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-90 min | Mehrere Wochen | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | DecisionTreeOptions | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |