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| Criterion |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Engineering Golden Path |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | StrategyMetricsExecution |
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