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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Decision Making Delphi Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | 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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-8 | 3-10 | 6-30 Experten |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionTreeOptions | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy |