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| Criterion |  Agile ROAM Board |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h Setup | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-15 | 2-20 | 4-10 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ROAM Board, Owner List | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline |
Tagsno overlap | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | InnovationPrototypeResearch | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment |