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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Dual-Track Agile |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream. | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | When opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Laufend, Wochen bis Monate | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min je Interview | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-6 | 5-12 Interviews | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | AgileDiscoveryDelivery | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |