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Criterion
Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.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.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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing90-180 min initial, dann laufendHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-123-84-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsKPI Tree, Owner ListBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
FlowVisual managementDelivery
MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement
StrategyMetricsExecution
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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