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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 10-20 min daily | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 1 | 3-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |