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| Criterion |  Growth North Star Metric |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 60–90 min | 30-60 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |