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Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
Wochen bis Monate je Goal15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-101-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Impact Mapping
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Opportunity Solution Tree
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Architecture
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