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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 2-4 h | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-8 | 3-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |