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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | StrategyMetricsExecution |