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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Decision Making Wideband Delphi |  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. | A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes. | 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 | High | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen | 1-4 h or multiple rounds | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 6-30 Experten | 4-12 Experten | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus Notes | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | EstimationExpertsForecasting | StrategyMetricsExecution |