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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.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.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-2 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
GrowthRetentionConversion
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric