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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | GrowthMetricsExperiments | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |
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