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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  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. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. | 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 | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 2-6 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |