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Criterion
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
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.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.
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Timedifferent
15-30 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-2 h Setup
Participantsdifferent
1-84-122-20
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
SMART Goal, Measurement Note, DeadlineBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence
Tagsno overlap
GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment
StrategyMetricsExecution
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
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Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping