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| Criterion |  Decision Making DACI |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Growth North Star Metric |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. | 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. | 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. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-2 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | GrowthMetricsExperiments | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |