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| Criterion |  Growth North Star Metric |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |