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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Growth Flywheel |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 60-120 min | 1-3 h | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | GrowthRetentionConversion | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |