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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
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-2 h2-4 h workshop plus review1-2 hHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-84-104-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceStrategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map
Tagsno overlap
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StrategyMetricsExecution
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