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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making OODA Loop | ![]() Product Discovery Product Kata | ![]() Decision Making Constraint Analysis | ![]() Product Strategy Impact Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia. | Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min je Zyklus | 1-2 Wochen je Loop | 30-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates | Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning report | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |



