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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy Counter Metrics | ![]() Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard | ![]() UX Research HEART Framework | ![]() 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. | Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard. | 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 | 120 min initial, dann laufend | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 4-12 | 3-6 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tags1 shared | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | StrategyMetricsExecution | MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |



