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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  UX Research Affinity Diagramming |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer. | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45–90 min | 0.5-2 Tage | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-10 | 4-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |