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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Scenario Planning | ![]() Business Strategy TOWS Matrix | ![]() 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. | The TOWS Matrix connects internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats into action-oriented strategies. It goes a step further than a pure stocktaking. | 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 | Medium |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-2 h | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | TOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority Actions | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | StrategyAnalysisOptions | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |
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