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Criterion
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Purposedifferent
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 a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min30-90 minMultiple workshops over several weeks
Participantsdifferent
3-83-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesHooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check
Tagsno overlap
GrowthRetentionConversion
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
GrowthBehaviorRetention
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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric