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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Growth Flywheel |  Growth North Star Metric |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | 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. | 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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 60-120 min | 1-2 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | GrowthRetentionConversion | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |