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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |  Growth A/B Testing |  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. | 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 two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | 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 | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 45-75 min | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Test Matrix, Test Plan | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tags1 shared | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |