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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy Product Vision Board | ![]() Product Strategy Counter Metrics | ![]() Product Strategy OKRs | ![]() Product Strategy SMART Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team. | 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. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 1-2 h Setup | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-6 | 2-20 | 1-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Product Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation Questions | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline |
Tagsno overlap | VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment |



