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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking VUCA Scan |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation. | 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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-10 | 1-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | SensemakingDecisionRationale | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |