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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Agile ROAM Board |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h Setup | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-15 | 2-20 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | ROAM Board, Owner List | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |