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Criterion
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
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.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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 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.
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Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen45-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineCounter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMetricsExecution
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
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