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| Criterion |  Growth North Star Metric |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  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. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | 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 | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-12 | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | StrategyMetricsExecution | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |