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Criterion
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
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
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.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.When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 h1-2 h Setup90-180 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-83-82-203-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceKPI Tree, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement
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