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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Innovation TRIZ |  Operations ALPEN Method |  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. | For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. | 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 | 1-4 h | 10-20 min daily | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 1 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |