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| Criterion |  Growth Hooked Model |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Operations 5 Whys |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | 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. | When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Multiple workshops over several weeks | 1-3 h | 15-30 min | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-30 | 2-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Root cause notes, Countermeasures | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthBehaviorRetention | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident |