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Criterion
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
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.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Multiple workshops over several weeks15-30 min Planung, laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-813-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence
Tagsno overlap
GrowthBehaviorRetention
PlanningTime managementFocus
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping