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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Operations Getting Things Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 45-90 min | 10-20 min daily | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-8 | 1 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine |
Tags1 shared | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution |