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Criterion
Paper illustration of a scoring table with four factor columns, a calculator and three ordered initiative cards.
Product Strategy
RICE Scoring
A paper-based illustration representing North Star Metric with its core stages and visible working result.
Growth
North Star Metric
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
Purposedifferent
When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable.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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min1-2 h1-5 Tage30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-8Nutzertraffic2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption LogNorth Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadenceInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteICE Table, Top Idea List
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs
GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
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