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Criterion
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Purposedifferent
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.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.When product teams track many metrics, the view of the actual customer outcome easily gets lost. A North Star Metric bundles growth, usage, and value contribution into one signal that makes the system's direction visible.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h30-60 min1-2 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-122-63-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsCounter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadencePower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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