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| Criterion |  Growth Flywheel |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Growth North Star Metric |  Engineering Kanban |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | 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 work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1-3 h | 1-2 h | Ongoing |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-10 | 3-8 | 2-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthRetentionConversion | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | FlowVisual managementDelivery |