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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Decision Making PERT Estimation |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Facilitation Dot Estimation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | On complex initiatives, a plain average tends to understate just how uncertain the outcome really is. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a PERT Estimate, Expected Value, and Risk Notes. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 15-45 min | 1-5 Tage | 5-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-8 | Nutzertraffic | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | PERT Estimate, Expected Value, Risk Notes | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | EstimationUncertaintyRisk | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | EstimationEffortRisk |