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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Purposedifferent
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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-2 hMultiple workshops over several weeks60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-84-122-83-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsHooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
GrowthBehaviorRetention
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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