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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Execution Loop |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. | 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 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Initial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews | 30-60 min | 60-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 2-6 | 3-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Execution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning Log | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |