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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | 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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 15-30 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-12 | 3-10 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |