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| Criterion |  Team Design Team API |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Strategy OKRs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | 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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Half day initial, dann laufend | 15-30 min | 90-180 min | 1-2 h Setup |
Participantsdifferent | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 1-8 | 3-6 | 2-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Team API Document | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence |
Tags1 shared | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement |