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| Criterion |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-20 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 1-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline |
Tagsno overlap | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | FlowMeasurementConstraints | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment |