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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Three Horizons |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ | 30-60 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-6 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |
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