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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Purposedifferent
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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup30-60 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-202-63-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceCounter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
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GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals