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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy OKRs | ![]() UX Research HEART Framework | ![]() Growth North Star Metric | ![]() Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard. | 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup | 120 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-20 | 3-6 | 3-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |



