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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Three Horizons | ![]() Product Strategy Counter Metrics | ![]() Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ | 30-60 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tags1 shared | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | StrategyMetricsExecution |
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