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| Criterion |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Agile ROAM Board |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | 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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-15 | 3-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | ROAM Board, Owner List | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |