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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  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 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. | 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. | 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 | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen | 90-180 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 6-30 Experten | 3-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | StrategyMetricsExecution |