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| Criterion |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Engineering Golden Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 90-180 min | 90-180 min | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 3-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | EngineeringProductivityGovernance |