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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Growth Flywheel |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Growth North Star Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. | When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | 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 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 60-120 min | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | KPI Tree, Owner List | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMetricsExecution | GrowthRetentionConversion | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention |