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| Criterion |  Growth Flywheel |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Growth North Star Metric |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 90-180 min | 1-2 h | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 5-15 | 3-8 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Spotify Model Map, Action List | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthRetentionConversion | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |