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| Criterion |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | 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. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 1-5 Tage | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |