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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  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. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | ChangeDecisionStrategy | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |