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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
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
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.When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.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
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-2 h Setup60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-203-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
GrowthRetentionConversion
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Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics