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| Criterion |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen | 90-180 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 6-30 Experten | 3-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |