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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Working Backwards |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the target state and benefit need to be clear first, it thinks backward from the desired outcome into the product logic. It sharpens vision, objections, and value proposition before elaboration. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen | 2-4 h | 90-180 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-12 | 3-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision Statement | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tags1 shared | VisionNarrativeAlignment | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |