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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Growth Hooked Model |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Growth North Star Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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 | 1-4 Wochen | Multiple workshops over several weeks | 2-4 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 2-8 | 3-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | GrowthBehaviorRetention | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention |