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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 5-15 min | 90-180 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-20 | 3-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |