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| Criterion |  UX Research HEART Framework |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Strategy OKRs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard. | 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 120 min initial, dann laufend | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 90-180 min | 1-2 h Setup |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 3-10 | 3-6 | 2-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement |