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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  UX Research Diary Study |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory. | 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. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 5-20 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | UX researchTrackingBehavior | StrategyMetricsExecution | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning |