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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Operations ALPEN Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 10-20 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-10 | 1 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes |
Tags1 shared | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations |