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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Decision Making Argument 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. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-2 h | 30-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-8 | 1-6 | 1-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | DecisionTreeOptions | SensemakingDecisionRationale |