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Criterion
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
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.ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional90-180 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-6Designers, developers as users, and facilitation3-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Counter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsKPI Tree, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement
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Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas