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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 15-30 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-8 | 3-10 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |