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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 of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked 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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h45-90 min60–90 minMultiple workshops over several weeks
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesHooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check
Tagsno overlap
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
GrowthBehaviorRetention
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