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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 90-180 min | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-6 | 3-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | KPI Tree, Owner List | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |