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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Agile Bucket System |  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. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1 | 3-12 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |