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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Half day | 60–90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |