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| Criterion |  Growth Flywheel |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  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. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | 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 | 3-6 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthRetentionConversion | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention |