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Criterion
Paper illustration of Product Kata with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Product Kata
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Purposedifferent
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.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.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
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 Wochen je Loop1-3 h25-40 minWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
3-102-81-53-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning reportGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesLearning Card with evidence and next actionGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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