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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy GIST Planning | ![]() Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test | ![]() Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tags1 shared | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |
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