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Criterion
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
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 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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-2 h15-45 min90-180 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-124-121-103-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsKPI Tree, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMetricsExecution
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement
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