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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  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. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | 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 | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30-90 min | 30-90 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | DecisionTreeOptions | StrategyMetricsExecution |