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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Product Vision Board |  Business Strategy VMGS |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Strategy OKRs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently. | 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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 2-4 h | 90-180 min | 1-2 h Setup |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 3-6 | 2-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Product Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation Questions | Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, Strategies | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence |
Tagsno overlap | VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment | VisionGoalsStrategy | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement |