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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |