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| Criterion |  Agile NoEstimates |  Growth North Star Metric |  Growth Funnel Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules. | 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 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 |
Timedifferent | laufend | 1-2 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationForecastingFlow | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | AnalyticsConversionGrowth |
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