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Criterion
Paper illustration of a scoring table with four factor columns, a calculator and three ordered initiative cards.
Product Strategy
RICE Scoring
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable.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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min30-60 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-102-64-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption LogCounter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
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PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping