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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Growth North Star Metric |
|---|---|---|---|
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | Nutzertraffic | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention |
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