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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Operations Time Blocking |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure. | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 15-30 min Planung, laufend | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1 | 2-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | PlanningTime managementFocus | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |