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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration for Golden Path
Engineering
Golden Path
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 Tage Setup, laufend30-60 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-102-82-103-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasGolden Path Guide, Templates, Quality ChecksDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogGQM Table, Metric Profiles
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
EngineeringProductivityGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment
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