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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 45-60 min | Half day | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |