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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Growth Flywheel |  Agile Bucket System |  Growth Funnel Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | 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 a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates. | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-120 min | 30-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-8 | 3-12 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | GrowthRetentionConversion | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | AnalyticsConversionGrowth |