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| Criterion |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | 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. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 60–90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |