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| Criterion |  Growth Flywheel |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Growth Hooked Model |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | 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. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 45-90 min | Multiple workshops over several weeks | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthRetentionConversion | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | GrowthBehaviorRetention | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |