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| Criterion |  Growth North Star Metric |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Growth Flywheel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 90-180 min | 90-180 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-6 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | GrowthRetentionConversion |