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| Criterion |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Delivery RAID Log |  Product Strategy OKRs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 1-2 h | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 1-2 h Setup |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 4-12 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | RAID Log, Status Report Source | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence |
Tagsno overlap | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement |