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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  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 gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | 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 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 4-12 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | KPI Tree, Owner List |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | FacilitationOptionsDecision | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement |