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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Product Strategy OKRs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-3 h | 15-30 min | 1-2 h Setup |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 5-30 | 1-8 | 2-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement |