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Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
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.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur EntscheidungHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-63-20 Reviewer4-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Counter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map
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MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping