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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 Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
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.A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h2-4 h workshop plus review
Participantsdifferent
3-84-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceStrategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses
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GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
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Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric