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Criterion
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
Wochen bis Monate je Goal30-90 min45-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-101-63-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
DecisionTreeOptions
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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