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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Three Horizons |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ | 2-4 h | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-10 | 3-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | KPI Tree, Owner List | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |