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Criterion
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-61-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Counter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
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Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
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Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
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