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| Criterion |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup | 90-180 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-20 | 3-6 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | KPI Tree, Owner List |
Tagsno overlap | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | StrategyMetricsExecution | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement |