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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |  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. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. | 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 | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 30-90 min | 45-75 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Test Matrix, Test Plan | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |