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Criterion
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.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
MediumLowHighMedium
Timedifferent
90-180 min initial, dann laufend60–90 min2-4 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-82-83-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
KPI Tree, Owner ListStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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