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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |
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