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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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. | 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. | 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 | High | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 2-6 | 4-12 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | StrategyMetricsExecution | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |