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| Criterion |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  UX Research HEART Framework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | 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. | Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 90-180 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 120 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-6 | 3-10 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard |
Tagsno overlap | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction |