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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | 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. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | Half day | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-10 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |