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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 30-90 min | 1-2 h Setup | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-20 | 1-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment |