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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  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. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | 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 | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 90-180 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |