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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 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.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.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 h2-4 h workshop plus review60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-84-103-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceStrategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
GrowthRetentionConversion
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Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric