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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Systems Thinking Current Reality 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. | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | FlowMeasurementConstraints | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality |
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