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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Purposedifferent
When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.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.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.
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45-90 min45-120 min30-60 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsCounter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map
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OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
StrategyMetricsExecution
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