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| Criterion |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Growth North Star Metric |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 1-2 h | 60-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | 3-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tags1 shared | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |