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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Product Kata |  Business Strategy GAP Analysis |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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 | 1-2 Wochen je Loop | 1-3 h | 20–45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning report | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching | StrategyAnalysisPlanning | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |