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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Execution Loop |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Initial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews | 30-60 min | 1-2 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 2-6 | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Execution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning Log | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tagsno overlap | ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StrategyMetricsExecution |