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| Criterion |  Growth Flywheel |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Growth North Star Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 90-180 min | 1-2 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 5-15 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthRetentionConversion | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention |