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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 45-90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-8 | 3-12 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | KPI Tree, Owner List | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | ChangeDecisionStrategy | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |