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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Operations Getting Things Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | 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. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-8 | 4-12 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | StrategyMetricsExecution | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution |