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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Growth Flywheel |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 60-120 min | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | KPI Tree, Owner List | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | GrowthRetentionConversion | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | GrowthMetricsExperiments |