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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  Operations PDCA Cycle |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | When switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought. | For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-3 Wochen | 1 h bis mehrere Wochen | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 5-12 Interviews | 1-8 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List | PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard Change | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | Continuous improvementLeanExperiments | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |