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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  UX Research User Interviews |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought. | When teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen | 30–60 min per interview | 45-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 Interviews | 1 participant per interview | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |