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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Systems Thinking Theory of Change |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Theory of Change translates a desired impact into a traceable chain of change. It makes assumptions, intermediate goals, and measurement points visible before a program is rolled out at scale. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 2-6 h | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 4-12 | 3-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Theory of Change Map, Assumptions, Outcome Measures | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ImpactOutcomesSystems thinkingStrategy | ChangeDecisionStrategy | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |