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Criterion
Paper illustration of a horizontal story map with an activity backbone, task cards below it and a cross-map release line.
Product Discovery
User Story Mapping
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Purposedifferent
When user goals and delivery scope could drift apart, it orders the journey from goal to slice. It makes visible where an MVP can genuinely be cut.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 hWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
4-103-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Story Map, Release Slices, Backlog CandidatesGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
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BacklogJourneyPlanningMVP
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation