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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. | 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 | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 10-20 min daily | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tags1 shared | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |
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