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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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 metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner 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 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 3-10 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | KPI Tree, Owner List | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |