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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 2-6 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | FlowMeasurementConstraints |
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