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| Criterion |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-6 | 3-8 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tagsno overlap | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | FlowMeasurementConstraints | StrategyMetricsExecution |