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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Strategy Map | ![]() Team Design Team API | ![]() Product Strategy KPI Tree | ![]() Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h workshop plus review | Half day initial, dann laufend | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses | Team API Document | KPI Tree, Owner List | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |



