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| Criterion |  Product Strategy RICE Scoring |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable. | 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. | The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-2 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 3-10 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption Log | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs |