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Criterion
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
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 experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory.LASR helps development teams identify where their software falls short of important quality goals and which improvements to consider. A small group with existing system knowledge can make an initial assessment and investigate open questions in more detail.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
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Multiple workshops over several weeks1-4 Wochen3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-85-201 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkDiary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineLean Mission Statement describing the software’s purpose, Prioritized quality goals and evaluation criteria, Risks and estimated gaps against quality goals, More closely examined findings and open checksNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence
Tagsno overlap
GrowthBehaviorRetention
UX researchTrackingBehavior
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
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