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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. | 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 only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 45-90 min | 1-5 Tage | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |