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| Criterion |  Growth North Star Metric |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 90-180 min | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-6 | 2-8 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | ICE Table, Top Idea List | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |