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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 90-180 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-6 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |
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