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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 1-4 Wochen | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-8 | 6-30 Experten | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | FlowMeasurementConstraints | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | StrategyMetricsExecution |