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| Criterion |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Growth North Star Metric |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 1-2 h | 60–90 min | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | KPI Tree, Owner List |
Tags1 shared | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement |