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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | 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. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1-2 h Setup | 90-180 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-20 | 3-6 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline |
Tags1 shared | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment |