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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Delivery Communication Plan |  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. | 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. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tags1 shared | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |