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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Architecture arc42 |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-2 Tage | 15-45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |