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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-2 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tags1 shared | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StrategyMetricsExecution |
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