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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Business Strategy TOWS Matrix |  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. | The TOWS Matrix connects internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats into action-oriented strategies. It goes a step further than a pure stocktaking. | 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 h | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | TOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority Actions | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | StrategyAnalysisOptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |
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