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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
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 demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-5 Tage45-60 minWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
3-8Nutzertraffic2-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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