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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Business Strategy GAP Analysis |  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. | 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. | GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing. | 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 | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | StrategyMetricsExecution | StrategyAnalysisPlanning | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |