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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard | ![]() Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis | ![]() Facilitation Alignment 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. | For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 2-6 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |
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