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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy GIST Planning | ![]() Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |
|---|---|---|
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 opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 30-60 min je Interview |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 5-12 Interviews |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer |
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