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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | 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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 60-180 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 4-20 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | StrategyMetricsExecution | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |