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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 10-20 min daily | 45-90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |