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| Criterion |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 60–90 min | 90-180 min | 1-2 h Setup |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 2-8 | 3-6 | 2-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence |
Tags1 shared | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement |