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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 2-4 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-12 | 4-12 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes |
Tags1 shared | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | StrategyMetricsExecution | ChangeDecisionStrategy |