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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Growth North Star Metric |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-5 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention |
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