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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | 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 | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 3-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |