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| Criterion |  Growth North Star Metric |  Team Design Team API |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Architecture C4 Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. | The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | Half day initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Team API Document | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization |