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| Criterion |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Growth North Star Metric |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup | 1-2 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-20 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence |
Tags1 shared | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention |
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