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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 Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Purposedifferent
When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup2-4 h workshop plus review90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-204-103-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceStrategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesGQM Table, Metric Profiles
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GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment
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Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics