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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | ICE Table, Top Idea List | KPI Tree, Owner List | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |