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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Assumption 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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 60-120 min | 1-4 Wochen | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |