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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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 | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-2 h | 1-4 Wochen | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 4-12 | 6-30 Experten | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |