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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
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 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
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-203-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence
Tags1 shared
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
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