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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  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. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | 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 | 25-40 min | 45-75 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-5 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Test Matrix, Test Plan | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tags1 shared | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |