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| Criterion |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Business Strategy Strategy Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 15-30 min | 2-4 h workshop plus review |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 4-12 | 1-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | StrategyMetricsExecution | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality |