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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Strategy Map | ![]() Product Strategy OKRs | ![]() Operations Causal Factor Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results. | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h workshop plus review | 1-2 h Setup | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-20 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline |
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