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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately. | When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h Setup | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-8 | 2-20 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | KPI Tree, Owner List | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |